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COPYRIGHT DEMSIE 



THY BROTHER SHALL 
RISE AGAIN 



BY 



DOROTHY PIERCE 




'The Christopker Publishing House 
Boston, Massachusetts 






Copyright 1921 
By The Christopher Publishing House 



JUL 19 1921 



©CIA617693 






(Affectionately Dedicated to 
Philip's Wife and Daughters 



INTRODUCTION 

I should like my readers to understand 
that I consider these messages not at all 
personal in an exclusive sense. On the con- 
trary, what urges me to publish them is my 
very sincere conviction that they are typical 
of what many others would say to their 
loved ones on earth if they had the oppor- 
tunity. 

I know that millions have had experiences 
identical with mine. I know that the shock 
of death and subsequent grief to my family 
and myself have been no greater than to 
others. We are all bound by common sor- 
row — then let us also rejoice together! 

It is not at all necessary for me to detail 
the circumstances of my brother's passing. 
Suffice it to say that it was very recent. We 
all know only too well the horror of the 
shock, the relief of tears, then the determin- 
ation to be brave and to live for others, and 
finally the settling down to the daily routine, 
(as though that routine could ever be the 
same!) 

But there is one step beyond this — to for- 
get ? Nay, memory of the one in the Beyond 
is our dearest blessing. But there is an up- 
ward and onward step — communion, reunion, 
and final restoration of the loved one. I be- 



6 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

lieve that in this and in this alone lies our 
comfort. 

The prologue which follows is written as 
my brother gave it to me by means of auto- 
matic writing, as are all the following mes- 
sages. When he learned of my intention to 
compile his messages in book form, he ex- 
pressed the wish to write a prologue. I feel 
that he has succeeded in introducing him- 
self far better than I could have done for 
him, for his very soul is in that letter. 

This book is offered with one purpose only 
— to endeavor to add what I can of comfort 
and assurance of the unreality of death to 
all who have passed through the Valley of 
the Shadow. 

Dorothy Pierce. 



PROLOGUE 

Dear Everybody : 

Sis is getting out this book for me and I 
can assure you it is straight from the shoul- 
der. 

Most of you have a loved one or ones on 
this side. They love you just as dearly as 
you love them and probably more, for here 
love becomes a more glorious power than is 
yet known to the dear old earth. Yes, it is 
a "dear old earth" — that's what we call it, 
and do you know why? We call it that be- 
cause in most of our cases it still holds what 
is so dear and near to our hearts, you whom 
we love as God intended from the beginning. 

Think of this for a moment : do you know 
that God is Love? And do you know that 
on this great truth hangs the eternal des- 
tiny of all our lives? It is He who has 
created this love between us on this side and 
you on that, a love which outlives seeming 
death. I call it "seeming death" because 
there is not an atom of reality in it. Does 
it appeal to your sense of logic and reason 
that a God who is a God of Love, would 
create and cause love between his children 
and then arbitrarily choose to snatch them 
from each other? Do you suppose that a 
God of Love takes fiendish glee in such an 



8 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

action? Take care, then, when you say 
that "God took so-and-so." I tell you He not 
only did not but could not do such a thing, by 
virtue of His very nature which is Love. 

We are not dead, not any of us, not nearly 
so dead as the majority of you on the earth, 
for we have not succumbed to even the 
thought of death as so many of you are do- 
ing, (many of you, but not all), because if 
you are not, then why the tears, the grief, 
etc.? 

Now don't misunderstand us on this side. 
We aren't blaming you, for had you been the 
ones to pass through the change, we prob- 
ably would have taken it harder than you 
do; but we do feel that it is up to you all to 
do your part as we are trying to do ours. 
And you have the advantage over us, for to 
you has been given the key which will un- 
lock the door that bars you from seeing us 
and communicating with us. 

And do we want you again? Oh, give us 
the chance to prove our love, our undying, 
eternal affection! 

We are busy here all the time. No one is 
idle in a Heavenly state of things; but time 
is nothing in God's Kingdom, and our re- 
union with you here and now is an integral 
part of His Tender and Gracious Plan, for 
thus we will be reciprocal sources of inspir- 
ation to each other. 

Your Christ came to abolish the law of 
death. The Bible tells you clearly and simply 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 9 

how He did it, and adds that in all things you 
should be like unto Him. So why do you 
shut up this law and lay it away on the shelf 
of "undemonstrable theories/' especially 
when Christ commanded you to do the very 
opposite thing? 

God bless you all anyway, you who do and 
you who don't believe. And may He so in- 
spire your very souls that you just can't help 
shouting for joy! 

Yours affectionately, 

P. M. P. 



PART ONE 

'Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if 
thou hadst been here, my brother had not 
died. But I know, that even now, whatso- 
ever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it 
thee. Jesus saith unto her, THY BROTHER 
SHALL RISE AGAIN. Martha saith unto 
him, I know that he shall rise again in the 
resurrection at the last day. Jesus said un- 
to her, I am the resurrection, and the life: 
he that believeth in me, though he were dead, 
yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and 
believeth in me shall never die. Believest 
thou this? And she saith unto him, Yea, 
Lord. 

"Then they took away the stone from the 
place where the dead was laid. And Jesus 
lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank 
thee that thou hast heard me. And when he 
had thus spoken, he cried with a loud voice, 
Lazarus, come forth. And he that was dead 
came forth, bound hand and foot with grave- 
clothes : and his face was bound with a nap- 
kin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him and 
let him go." 

(John XI). 



Thy Brother Shall Rise Again 

CHAPTER ONE 

It makes me feel badly whenever any of 
you speak of missing me and I do wish you 
would try even more to realize that death is 
just what you make it — like life. You see, 
in reality I am no more dead nor even away, 
than you are! Suppose that you were able 
to see me at all times : you would see me talk- 
ing with you, standing among you, and be- 
ing a part of you, just as you are a part of 
each other. Now whether or not it appears 
that way to you, I really am just as close to 
you as that, and in order to feel the truth of 
it, you must believe first of all on Faith — 
then gradually it will dawn upon you that 
your faith was not an imaginary, but a real 
thing, as real and more real than many 
things which you already believe absolutely. 
In this way you can get to feel me and see 
me. 

Listen — here is what happens at death — 
nothing — Get me? Nothing, absolutely — 
why, we don't even change our ideas about 
our bodies' being made of matter for quite 
a while after death (so-called) has occurred. 

It seemed to me after I died that I was 
there — only different — that is, whereas I had 



14 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

been feeling so sick, I suddenly felt relieved 
— as though an enormous weight which op- 
pressed me was being lifted, and instead of 
that stifling sensation, I felt full of life, 
glorious life ! And my breath came naturally 
and easily. 

I looked about in no little surprise, won- 
dering what doctor or nurse had suddenly 
relieved me so, and as I turned and put out 
my hand, I felt Someone take me firmly in 
His grasp and hold me, and I saw a man 
looking at me so tenderly — "This," I 
thought, "must be Dad, and he has come to 
save me!" And as though guessing my 
thought, this Wonderful Person spoke 
softly: "Your Father, indeed, son, and He 
has come to make you whole forevermore! 
Yet a little while and you will understand." 

And then He must have flashed the 
thought to me, for I knew I had died — and 
yet I was living! I turned to look for you, 
Connie (referring to his wife, Constance), 
to tell you right away before you had the 
chance to realize what had happened, that 
there was no such thing as death, but that 
there was only life, ever and ever more abun- 
dant and beautiful! But you were not able 
to know then; and so I tried to tell Mother 
— but she was hard to reach too — then a veil 
fell — I could see nothing more for a while; 
only I heard you both weeping and saying, 
"Is he gone? Is he dead?" And before any- 
one could answer, I shouted, "No, no! Not 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN IS 

that ! Connie, my wife ! Mother ! For God's 
sake, listen to me!" 

But you evidently did not hear me, and 
then Dad came, and it was very dark about 
you all. I saw Dad coming and as he ap- 
proached the house, I walked with him and 
screamed and shouted and implored, "Dad! 
Dad! Here I am! Don't believe them when 
they tell you I am dead, for I am not. Here 
lam— oh, Dad!" 

But something in Dad's face, the same as 
in yours and Mother's, Connie, made me turn 
away for help. And Christ was there and 
urged me to leave you all for a little while 
and to go with Him. And I asked Him to 
tell you all, and I asked who would take 
care of my Connie and my babies, and He 
said, pointing up, "God, the Father, God the 
Son, and God the Holy Ghost." And looking 
up, I saw a Light, and as its rays fell down 
upon me, I began to understand, and a great 
peace calmed me and I said, "All is well with 
me, Lord. I thank thee." 

Then came the first wonderful visions of 
Paradise — I can describe these better later. 

God keep you all and bless you for your 
faith. 

* 5{C 5$C 

(The following message is from a soldier 
to his mother. I asked him to describe for 
her his experience in passing.) 

It was all so holy and wonderful. You 
will know some day and then you will under- 



16 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

stand why I can't describe it right. Tell 

mother that I did not suffer at all and that I 

thought of her when I saw Christ, and I 

thought of Dad and I remembered all they 

had told me about Him, and I found it was 

more than true. He is wonderful beyond all 

human conception. 

* * * 

(Philip writes later.) Constance, you must 
love God and obey Him only — remember 
"not my will but Thine be done." Jesus 
prayed this when He was about to make the 
supreme sacrifice, more of a sacrifice than 
any of us have been asked to bear. Besides, 
we are only in different states of conscious- 
ness; our souls and bodies being one, are 
never separated, for the body is the temple 
of the soul. A day is as a thousand years, and 
a thousand years as a day in God's sight, so 
believe. It is as hard for me as it is for you. 
You seem to feel that it is easier here. It is 
not. It is harder here in many ways than it 
is on earth, for we have to bear the grief of 
our loved ones if we would be near, and I 
have to bear both your grief and mine when 
you doubt. So won't you help me? This is 
the Truth, God's own Truth; I am not dead 
but living, so why mourn? Until you stop 
mourning, our progress is checked, and we 
will be separated longer because I shall move 
on to a higher plane soon, and so can you, but 
not until you stop mourning. If you are com- 
ing with me, you do not have to die, but we 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 17 

travel together in heaven while still you ap- 
pear to be on earth, see? You are really 
moving to a higher plane, according as you 
conquer your wrong belief. Mourning' is 
a sin. People climb upwards in God's King- 
dom all the time, no matter what state of 
consciousness or what plane they inhabit. 

There is no time to lose, for time is not 
wasted in Heaven. We all must go on here, 
and I will have to go too. If you are coming 

you must be cheerful. 

* * * 

(An uncle describes his passing after a 
long sickness as follows:) I saw Christ and 
He relieved my false belief of suffering. I 
was very tired, very, and rested a long time. 
I don't know just how long I slept, but the 
waking was wonderful! Christ helped me 
up and I stood by Him and He said: "Son, 
arise. Thy sins are forgiven thee. Thou 
art made whole. I will stay by thee and 
comfort thee." 

And then, oh, then! wonderful vision! I 
saw angels coming and they took me by the 
hand and lifted me — they left me in the com- 
pany of beautiful souls who explained things 
to me and they stayed by me, for I did not 
know — I was so tired, so dazed! I have so 
much to say, but it is hard. I haven't done 
any work, but I worship Christ by thinking 
of His Goodness and by trying to realize His 
Wonderful Plan ! I never knew God could 
be so good, so tender, so fatherly, so beauti- 



18 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

f ul ! (He ended by urging me to try to make 
his wife believe, saying that it was causing 

him much grief to see her mourn.) 

* * * 

(A very young boy who served in the re- 
cent war writes concerning death.) It's a 
cinch to die — nothing to it at all, and it really 
is a great experience, believe me! You 
should see all the fellows here who are anx- 
ious to get word across to their people! But 
most of them don't stand any chance be- 
cause so few believe. I wish I could talk to 
my mother! She seems to feel that she is 
never going to see me again, and in reality 
I am before her all the time! (I asked him 
if he had seen my brother.) Well, I have 
seen him but I didn't know he was your 
brother. He is always ready to cheer up 
anybody and, believe me, he can do it! He 
is a great fellow to know and you must sure 
miss him a lot, but he tells me that you talk 
with him all the time. He seems so happy 
to think that you all believe. I don't blame 

him. If only my people would believe ! 

* * * 

(Philip writes to my younger brother.) 
Today I saw many things that would inter- 
est you, kid. I saw a crowd of boys about 
your age all talking together and they 
seemed to be discussing things that hap- 
pened on earth. They looked at everything 
that bothered them there as a joke, and I 
would often hear one say: "Gosh! And I let 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 19 

that bother me ! Why did I let that get my 
goat?" etc., etc. 

Kid, the spiritual life is all that counts, so 
fire away ! Let your life prove that you have 
a big brother in heaven. You must show to 
the world that you have good proof of your 
belief by the fact of your Christian-like 
character. Work is a manifestation of God, 
just as much as worship. You must remem- 
ber to put Christ first and if you allow the 
thought of Him to be always uppermost in 
your mind, you will see how easy and suc- 
cessful a Christ-life is to lead. 
* * * 

(Philip at another time described the sen- 
sation of the passing.) Imagine this: sup- 
pose you went out of town for a while, and 
upon returning, you find the folks weeping 
and wailing and claiming that you had gone 
and left them forever. You look on in sur- 
prise and immediately start to reassure 
them. You tell them that you have not gone 
forever, but are even now returned. The 
folks do not see you nor seem to hear your 
words. You put your arms around them, 
but they do not feel you. You begin to real- 
ize then that something is wrong either with 
you or the folks. 

You are about to decide that you are 
dreaming, when Christ comes and takes you 
by the hand and explains the Truth of God's 
love to you. Then it is that you see who is 
dreaming, and the grief is for those of the 



20 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

mistaken ideas, and not for the one who has 

in truth seen Christ. It was as real as just 

that, and was hard for me to realize at first. 

It grieved me to see you, but now I see you 

all reaching out and trying to see me and 

hear my words when I am shouting in your 

ears. 

* * $ 

(A very dear friend of mine who was great- 
ly misunderstood during her earthly life, 
describes her passing and first experiences 
on the other side as follows.) Christ took 
me to my lovely mother when I passed over 
the border, and then with a wonderful smile 
He left us together. I haven't seen Him 
since, but mother and father have seen Him 
often. 

I am going to see so many wonderful 
things! They tell me that I can travel all 
over God's Universe. I tried to see as many 
of His beauties as I could afford on earth, 
but there was more for me to see than I 
could afford. So now my opportunity has 
come, and I shall see the earth first and then 
the heavenly realms; but it seems that both 
are cojoined in some mysterious way. 

When first I arrived, I found myself re- 
clining on a beautiful bed of flowers. (She 
had always been intensely fond of flowers.) 
Christ was standing over me and the sound 
of His voice gently aroused me from my 
slumber: "I am the Resurrection and the 
Life. Whosoever believeth on Me shall 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 21 

never die! Daughter of God, arise and ac- 
cept thine inheritance, for verily thou hast 
been faithful unto the end." 

He then lifted me up in his arms, and 
pointing to the magnificent garden, said: 
"Why weepest thou? Understandest thou 
not the love of God for His children? Come, 
see who approaches;" and over the flowers 
father and mother were coming to me, hands 
clasped, smiling, radiant, and a light came 
from them and a Light came from Christ, 
and I was ashamed, for I was not clothed as 
they. 

But looking down, I saw — oh, I am a child 
of Light, I also, a child of True Radiant 
Light ! My body seemed to shine and I felt 
so different ! My head seemed to clear and 
my back straightened and I suddenly felt 
full of strength. I rushed to my father and 
mother, weeping for joy, and I did not crush 
a flower as I trod upon them. They seemed 
to glow and also to radiate differently col- 
ored lights ! 

It is impossible to express my joy, my hap- 
piness. Don't ever weep for me, but strive 
to uplift your own soul and mind to the Un- 
derstanding of Goodness and Beauty and the 
Delights of the Lord. 

After Christ left us, we walked through 
gardens and meadows, on and on, past beau- 
tiful houses, and from each came someone 
to greet me in the love of the Father, people 
whom I had never known or seen. I asked 



22 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

i£ this was what happened to everyone and 
I was told that it was not, but that my life 
had been starved for more love. That is the 
first lesson I have to learn, God's love for us 
and the love of His children for all others. 
And oh, Dorothy, as we walked on, we 
came to an exquisite building of white mar- 
ble. It glistened in the light and shone in 
brilliancy. As we approached, I could hear 
the voices of little children laughing and 
singing, and suddenly I could see them run- 
ning towards me from the distance, with 
cries of: "There she is! There she is! Hurry! 
Hurry!" Soon I was surrounded by them. 
They kissed my hands, my garments, and 
pressed their dear little faces against mine, 
kissing me and loving me, and saying: "We 
love; God loves you; everybody loves you. 
See, and our heavenly daddy loves you. Look 
and see what he has done for you." They led 
me to the beautiful marble mansion, and at 
the top of the stairs stood Philip! (My 
brother had always been a great favorite of 
hers. In fact, she had taken a great deal of 
care of him when he was a baby, and we had 
never told her of his passing, as she was 
very feeble at the time.) I could not speak 
with wonderment and he said, opening his 
arms to me: "It is yours, all yours. These 
little ones have done it for you." And I 
said, "But I do not deserve such love from 
them. I am not worthy." And Philip re- 
plied, "Do you think He would allow one to 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 23 

go unrewarded who understood the love of a 
child? This is the reward for your thought- 
fulness and faithfulness and love towards 
children while on earth! And these chil- 
dren call me their heavenly daddy, because 
their own daddies are on earth still. There 
are many fellows who are in the same posi- 
tion as I am, and who understand father- 
hood. We volunteered for the work and we 
each have a houseful of children to teach and 
comfort as their own fathers would do." 

Philip is going to take me to his home 
soon; but now I am content for a while to 
learn to know my own. I sit and look at the 
beautiful flowers which fill every room with 
their fragrance. A garden surrounds the 
house and Philip's little charges have prom- 
ised to come and play in it every day. Be- 
sides, they are going to teach me love and 
joy forever. Goodby for a little while. 
Think of me as sitting in a palace of Love 
and flowers, where all is glad and light and 
merry, and where little children talk of Love 
and Blessedness in Christ Jesus' name for- 
ever. Amen. 

* $ * 

(Later Philip speaks again of his work.) 
Dot, you should see me. The house is chuck 
full of kids, all romping and playing, and I 
never let a tear fall. I will never let them 
miss their mothers or fathers or loved ones. 

Today I went to the other side of a river, 
and there I found two little children who had 



24 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

just left your earth plane. They were cry- 
ing and I took them up in my arms and kissed 
them and comforted them, and they seemed 
to feel all right. They were frightened to 
be alone without their mothers and needed 

someone to comfort them. 
* * * 

(A soldier writes of his work in that Realm 
Beautiful.) My work has been to help the 
boys who haye "gone West," as we used to 
say. I have helped so many and made them 
understand by explaining to them what I 
have learned since my arrival here. Oh, 
Dorothy, you should see them! You are a 
woman and can understand what love is. 
Those who have left you girls behind will 
grieve for you until you come to them 
through some means of communication. If 
you know of any girl who has lost a husband 
or fiance, won't you please urge her to get 
in touch with him immediately? And waste 
no time about it, for their grief is really aw- 
ful ! I always thought that in Heaven there 
was no grief, but, God! I have seen such 
grief here as I have never witnessed on 
earth! It is a terrible thing to think of the 
doubt of you people on the earth plane, and 
to feel that we can do nothing until you call 
for us with your very soul's yearning! Tell 
mother and dad that I simply cannot come 
to their hearts, unless they open the channel 
by believing and wiping out all doubt and 
fear of such messages. Of course, they may 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 25 

have difficulty in believing that I am really 
their son, but they must take so much on 
faith and try themselves to reach me. I can 
easily eliminate all doubt from their minds 
if they will. Get them to try this stunt. 
They can do it. 

* * 5je 

(Another friend writes of his work.) I am 
so full of my work and its wonderful oppor- 
tunities, that I hardly know just what to 
tell first. Everything is so soon to reach 
perfection that I am wondering why it isn't 
more recognizable even now. I mean that 
now I understand so well the ultimate out- 
come of everything that I already see its 
accomplishment ! You see, here as soon as 
a good deed is thought of, it is accomplished. 
That is the way goodness always should 
work — instantaneously. 

I am with Philip almost continually. We 
often help each other in our work, and we 
laugh and worship and rest and sing Hosan- 
nas to the God of Goodness who sits higher 
than the loveliest thoughts of men! 

Heaven bless you and keep you sweet as 
the flowers that grow in Paradise. 



CHAPTER TWO 

(Philip tells of an interesting experience 
as follows.) Today I have been showing a 
couple of fellows who arrived only a short 
time ago just what there is to life. I think 
they had both led somewhat worthless lives, 
and they were so plunged into the mire of 
their own ideas, that they could hardly see 
or even imagine a perfect idea. They can't 
seem to grasp the idea that there is really 
a God, a Father, a real one, who loves them 
dearly and who created the whole universe. 
They had an idea that things were and were 
and had no particular meaning. They had 
seen Christ, but they are not ready as yet 
to receive His Bountiful Love, for they must 
first be taught what it is. 

Oh, the pity of these poor worthless lives, 
when they could have been so full of value 
for God! Isn't it too bad that every one of 
us here can't take every one of you there, 
and just tell you everything! Why, if that 
could be so, the whole world would be 
changed — and yet God would have it so, but 
the earth plane people will not, for they will 
not all believe, and even though they do be- 
lieve, they will give up the fight. And it is 
a fight, if you would grow spiritually, a fight 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 27 

against your own doubts and fears and imag- 
inings. 

I have been very busy all this time trying 
to do God's work as is pleasing to Him. I 
have helped many out of their doubts, and I 
can say that doubt is the worst enemy of 
man. Do you tell people I am dead, or do 
you tell them the truth — that I am not dead? 
It is up to you who love us to proclaim to the 
world that there is no death! Don't be 
ashamed of it — shout it to the world from 
the house-tops and the Glory of God shall 

crown your noble effort ! 

* * * 

We don't have to send love — it just natur- 
ally goes — real love is never sent, but ra- 
diated from God. It is a continual state. 
Oh, Glory to God in the highest and peace to 
your heart, Connie dear. Your husband is 
living forever, and death is actually swal- 
lowed in victory! No joke about that — it 
will be a far greater victory than that of the 
Allies over the Germans, because that is a 
temporary one, but victory over death is an 
eternal one. 

You should know God as we do. He is just 
right, and far more wonderful and perfect 
than any of us can imagine by the greatest 
stretch of conceivable imagination. He 
wants us to tell Him of our loved ones; He 
listens so sympathetically, and speaks in 
such marvelous tones such words as: "I 
know, son; thinkest thou that I who am the 



28 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

Creator of Love and the Creator of man, 
understandest not thy feelings? Nay, thy 
very soul is clear to me, and the thoughts of 
thy heart. Be comforted, rejoice, for I will 
give thee all that thou asketh in my name." 
* * * 

Dot, I am working most of the time. There 
are many people who are going to get to- 
gether and see if they can't influence earth 
conditions and make things actually better 
through those who can manage to get in 
touch with people on earth. They have asked 
me to help them out, and so I am going to 
do some! Just wait and see the marvels that 
will soon be demonstrated by those who 
dare. I believe in giving the people on earth 
a good shaking up once in a while. Give 
them something strong which they can't 
help seeing and understanding. It strikes 
me that the people here don't go at it right 
— they only half succeed. That is because 
they rely too much on their own powers and 
not enough on Christ. What's the use of 
stumbling along, doing things half right, 
when you have every opportunity of learn- 
ing the right way? 

So a bunch of us are going to try to actu- 
ally do something. You see, it's like this: 
many people here are placed in a similar pos- 
ition to mine, their whole family, wife, and 
children, in fact, all belonging to them im- 
mediately, are still on the earth. Naturally 
all of us are just as anxious and even more 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 29 

so, to see earth conditions improved here 
and now for their sakes, as we are to see 
our own immediate conditions bettered. We 
realize eternities and are not fettered by 
many of the beliefs and consequent condi- 
tions that you are. It's up to us to get busy 
and see what can be done. We're going to 
prove to you that we haven't gone away and 
left you and become so absorbed in our own 
surroundings that we have ceased to think 
of yours. No, indeed. I have asked Christ 
if it was all right for us to still cling so to 
our earth loves, and He said: "Son, it is not 
only right, but it is good that it is so. It is 
the working of the divine Law of Love of 
my Father for His children. Blessed is he 
who having a life to give for my children, 
shall give it for the bettering of their lives ! 
For whoso giveth his life for my sake shall 
find it." 

Then Christ took my arm and we walked, 
(it seemed like gliding), together for miles 
it seemed, through places which were very 
light, almost too light for me; and I re- 
marked this, and suddenly all was changed, 
and a darkness seemed to come over every- 
thing, blotting out even the landscape which 
a moment before was resplendent with vivid 
colors — and I felt Christ's hand in mine and 
He said: "Son, art thou afraid?" And I 
said, "Ask not that, Lord, for thou art my 
Light, and with Thee who shall be afraid?" 

And I heard a great voice which seemed 



30 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

to come from the clouds, and it said: "Be- 
hold ! This day shalt thou see the wicked- 
ness of a lie!" Then I found myself stand- 
ing on the edge of a great precipice and, 
looking over, I could see a dense smoky va- 
por coming up, rising, rising, and following 
it with my eye, I saw that it ascended until 
it reached the Light which shone so high 
above it, and immediately it became absorbed 
by that Light and was swallowed up out of 
sight. Then Christ said, "Canst thou inter- 
pret?" And I said: "Lord, interpret thou for 
me, and then I shall know truly." And He 
said that this was the vibration sent off from 
the earth by the horrors of the war. He 
said it did not represent death, but the vic- 
iousness and wickedness of men's minds 
when they become possessed of ideas not in 
harmony with love; and when I said, "But, 
Christ, the war is over. Surely all that has 
stopped," He replied, "Son, and hast thou so 
soon forgotten? Man still follows not the 
path I showed him to my Father, and this 
vapor shall continue to rise and become ab- 
sorbed and swallowed up by the Light of 
the Angels, until all wrath and deceits and 
lies and lusts and wrong-doings shall cease 
upon the face of the earth! And then all 
shall become inheritors of the Kingdom. 
Amen." 

I next found myself alone on a grassy 
bank and in front of me flowed a river of 
sparkling Light, and longing to jump into it, 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 31 

I rushed down and was cleansed from the 
deterring effect of my sight of the wrong- 
doings of earth. If ever we are shown any- 
thing like that, which opposes God, we 
cleanse our minds and bodies in the River of 
Life. Glory be to God, who is indeed the 
Fount-Head of every blessing. Come and 
wash freely in the River of Life when the 
soil of earthly things tarnishes the shield 
which has been taken up for God and bedims 
the magic veil which obstructs your view of 
the Kingdom which is all about you ! 

Be glad, kid. I am alive and loving you all 

the time more and more. 

* * * 

(The messages which follow present the 
fact of a deathless body, which to me, has 
been the greatest source of comfort. I trust 
that many who read what is to follow will 
be led to feel, indeed, "The Peace that Pas- 
seth Understanding." I shall give the mes- 
sage in conversational form, just as Philip 
and I have argued, indicating Philip by a P. 
and myself by a D.) 

P. — My body is not in the grave, nor never 
was. I don't understand this very well yet. 
I know you will not find it easy to believe, 
but it is true — there is only one body and 
that is translated from stage to stage, just 
as was Enoch's or Christ's, and others in 
Bible history. 

You aren't able to see me yet because you 
do not realize that / am actually visible at any 



32 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

time. If you did realize this, you would have 
seen me by now, because I am constantly 
before you all, and I can't seem to under- 
stand why you don't see me as I see you. 

D. — But, Philip, you surely know that 
while you were in an earth state of con- 
sciousness, you did not believe in such ma- 
terializations. 

P. — I know that, but I see it all so differ- 
ently now ! You see, it is hard for us to 
realize that you don't know that we are with 
you, not only in spirit but in form as well. 
This is the fundamental thing to learn: that 
spirit and body are one and the same. 

D. — What is in your grave, then? 

P. — Well, it seems to me, even yet, that 
my body is there, but Christ tells me that we 
are risen, and that there is no death. By 
that He means that we are like Him. 

D. — The question naturally arises : Is there 
substance in matter? 

P. — No. All is spirit and spirit is sub- 
stance. Until we relinquish the idea that 
there is a body as substance, to the eyes of 
the world the body will remain. But when 
we realize that our bodies are the spirit of 
Christ and cannot, therefore, be destroyed, 
then will our wrong ideas disappear with the 
body itself. It is hard to get this, perhaps, 
but it is the Truth, and if you don't see it 
there, you will learn to see it here. 

D. — But, Philip, many who have passed 
over the border speak of "leaving the flesh, 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 33 

the shell/' etc. How could they speak that 
way if there is no flesh or shell as substance 
to leave? 

P. — That is the very thing they have to 
learn, just like me. I know now that I am 
and always was spirit, but I don't understand 
it yet. Perhaps those who spoke in that way 
did not themselves realize the truth when 

they wrote. 

* * * 

(A cousin writes to me on the same sub- 
ject.) God's laws are as eternal as the heav- 
ens and they must be obeyed. If you people 
on earth would only believe this, you would 
be able to talk to us audibly and see us in 
our very bodies ! Dot, there is only one 
body, and that is the temple of God. Noth- 
ing can destroy it or do anything to make it 
suffer. I didn't have consumption at all. It 
was never there. At the moment I passed 
on, it left me in the twinkling of an eye, and 
I was made whole. Understand — I thought 
I had it, but I didn't. Disease can never 
come to a child of God. They are perfect 
manifestations of His Beauty and Holiness 

and they are the same forever and forever. 

* * * 

(At another time I asked a person for 
whose opinion I held the utmost respect 
while she was still on earth, to explain to me 
the essentials about death.) There is no 
death, as you will find when your present 
consciousness merges into the Christ. 



34 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

(I then asked her if there was an earthly 
shell from which the celestial body evolves.) 
No, the heavenly body is the one made in 
God's image, and nothing, no thing, can de- 
stroy it, for it is from God, and fashioned 
after the manner of things which are eter- 
nal. 

(Knowing that she had believed this while 
yet on earth, I asked if at her passing it 
seemed that she was leaving a shell.) No, 
child, I never believed in the substance of 
the body in a materialistic sense. So I was 
not at all surprised when I presented my- 
self to Christ in my earthly habitation, which 
man calls a body. 

(I asked if she knew any reason why 
people who disbelieved in the power of death 
were not translated as should seem logical.) 
Not in a world of error, for error shall de- 
stroy itself. My body is like those of all 
men, and steeped in a cocoon of error, it 
could not break forth into the glory of the 
sunshine until it broke the fetters which 
bound it. All men are like unto the potter 
who fashions the clay. The bodies of all 
men are like unto God's. We are all trans- 
lated by Him in the truest sense of the word, 
but complete victory over death will be de- 
monstrated in the time to come by many who 
are not fettered as I was. 

I saw the Christ, but I did not demonstrate 
the complete victory as I am only a light on 
the way. But there shall arise men who 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 35 

shall demonstrate what I thought — the com- 
plete victory over death, in which death shall 
be completely swallowed up in the glorious 
consummation of all victories over evil, the 
victory over death! 



(Philip again expressed the same idea.) 
It seems very strange that you do not recog- 
nize me and my own body when I am right 
with you! I know that I am on another 
plane of consciousness, but I have lost noth- 
ing of the body I had when I was on the 
earth plane, except wrong ideas and mis- 
taken beliefs about it. 

Life is of God — all life is indestructible, 
and there is no such thing as death or de- 
cay, even to what we call our earthly bodies 
— for, Behold! the bodies we had on earth 
are the same ones we have in heaven! Great 
stuff, Dot, and believe me, I am getting this 
through straight! I may sometimes get 
confused on earthly dope, but this is com- 
ing right, because it is the real thing. All 
that is unreal gradually fades from our 
minds in proportion as we grow in the 
knowledge of Christ's Truths. We really 
know nothing that is not of God; we only 
perceive a vacuum when so-called evil slips 
in. On the other hand, we can foretell spiri- 
tual progress, progress towards God, the 
Creator of all — and that is all that counts. 
I see you, Connie, as a beautiful spirit who 



36 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

is finding its way to God. Remember, we 
are happy in proportion as we find Christ, 
and unhappy in proportion as we lose sight 
of Him! I see you from a spiritual stand- 
point, as the material viewpoint is a wrong 
dream, and I have awakened to the reality 
of life. People on the earth plane are almost 
all living in an erroneous dream. Every 
time you worry or grieve or are unhappy, it 
is all for nothing, for God is in you all, and 
showering His blessings upon you all every 
little second of eternity — so what cause is 
there for any chance of unhappiness? 

God is all — Christ is the Way— see Him 
and you will see me soon again; perhaps 
then I can tell you more things. 

Good work always has its reward. God 
will prove to you that your efforts in His be- 
half are not in vain. The nearer we approach 
Truth, the nearer we approach each other 
and God, and the same is true of all people. 
The more they learn what it is to really love 
one another, the nearer they enter into that 
eternal fellowship which consummates in 
God. 

I am very near you all the time and I am 
not prevented by any idea of matter from 
becoming a real part of you. There is a sort 
of a way that spirit can join with spirit — I 
can demonstrate this by making you feel me, 
and then I can put my ideas and ways of 
perceiving the truth into your mind, so that 
you may not even realize that I am the one 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 37 

who is doing it, but you may think you 
thought of them yourself. 

(I remarked here that I did not want to 
confuse his and my ideas.) Remember one 
thing — doubt will prevent. The messages 
will speak for themselves. The only trouble 
is that they are not half wonderful or lovely 
enough, because it is really beyond the power 
of mere words to express my experiences 
and feelings. The only thing about getting 
my messages wrong may be that they aren't 
full enough of Joy, Joy, Joy, that is now and 
that is to be, for all. I may not express forci- 
bly enough His Boundless Goodness and 
Love for all. If I have failed to make you 
feel all that, then I have failed, indeed, to get 
it straight. 

Oh, what Ineffable Joy is coming to you 
all! God keep you in His Holy Truths. 



(Philip seeks later to impress his wife 
with this inspiring truth.) Dot, I long to 
have Constance feel that I am not absent ! 
Get her to think of me as I actually am. 
Tell her that I am present with her always. 
Tell her to read the story of Christ's burial 
and resurrection in the gospels of Matthew, 
Mark, and Luke, and to realize the meaning 
of Christ's words where He says: "Why 
marvel ye and why are ye afraid? Know ye 
that it is I myself. A spirit hath not flesh 
and bones as ye see me have." By that, He 



38 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

meant that we are in the same body after 
death as before, and He wanted the people 
to understand that they had the wrong ideas 
concerning death. They believed, just as do 
many today, that after death man becomes 
a spirit without a body, and He wished to 
impress upon their minds that man is always 
a spirit, both before and after death, but that 
death did not make of man anything differ- 
ent. In other words, the body and the soul 
are one, both indestructible and spiritual. 

I am the same as ever, only, because I 
have been led to realize my spirituality, I 
radiate Light, and there is nothing of evil 
thought in me. Often when I look at you I 
see a Light shining, especially when Truth 
comes over your mind. And then as you 
lose sight of realities, your light becomes 
less and less, and so it is with us all, both in 
earth and in heaven. Don't think that you 
are in one place and I in another. We are 
all in the same place, only I see everything 
so differently. Then, of course, I also have 
the power of going places where you on 
earth do not believe it possible to go. But a 
day will come when people on earth will do 
things marvelous — watch. 

* * * 

(A friend who died, apparently from spinal 
trouble, dismisses his case as follows:) It 
was unreal, as is everything evil, but it took 
me quite a while to realize this, even in 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 39 

heaven. As soon as I did realize it, my sick- 
ness left me. It is the thought of sickness 
that makes it cling to the body. Why, Doro- 
thy, our bodies are the temples of God, so 
how could sickness bring sorrow upon them, 
or decay, or anything evil? Christ is All- 
in-All. We prove our love for God by the 
amount of effort we put forth to grasp His 
Holy Truths. 

* * % 

(A relative who was a hunchback, tells me 
that even beyond the veil he could not at 
first get rid of his deformity, but that in 
proportion as his mind grasped the truth of 
being perfect in God, his deformity gradually 
left him, until finally he was rid of it en- 
tirely.) Can you see me? I am standing in 
front of you, and I want you to know that I 
am perfect in body. Is it not splendid? Oh, 
Dot, just look at me! I am here with my 
Savior, and I am His child. Some day you 
will see me face to face. You will know me, 
but I am oh, so different ! I see you now so 
plainly in the soft firelight — call me soon 
again — 

* * * 

(An uncle who suffered from spinal trouble 
one day wrote me the following letter.) 

In the Heavenly Sphere of Light. 

Today I saw wonderful things — I saw 
Christ healing a paralytic from his wrong 
belief. I can't very well describe the thing, 



40 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

for it was so different from our earthly ideas 
of healing. 

It seems that the man was a very young 
one, and had a very much over-developed 
sense of his own ideas. You should have 
heard him arguing with Christ, "But this" 
and "but that/' etc. And Christ waited for 
him to finish, and then suddenly seemed to 
cast His wonderful radiance over him, in 
such a way that the man was enveloped ab- 
solutely in a cloud of Christ-like Glory! In 
an instant the cloud disappeared, and there 
stood the man transformed! The expres- 
sion on his face was too wonderful for lan- 
guage to express. It was God reflected — 
and Power, and Life, and Love, and Wor- 
ship, and above all, a sense of Peace! 

Then Christ seemed to disappear and an 
instructor came to explain to the man that he 
must throw off his own prejudiced ideas, 
and take on the Christ. 

Let this be a symbol for you on earth. 
Put off the old man and take on the Christ 
man: "Be ye transformed by the renewing 
of your mind." Now that man's body was 
the same always to Christ, perfect, even 
though to himself and to most of us stand- 
ing near, it appeared to be paralyzed. But 
he was transformed, and the transformation 
that took place was in his mind — there's the 
point. We put on the Christ man, then, by 
renewing our minds. His mind was some- 
what dazed by the sudden transformation, 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 41 

but that is where the instructor's work 
comes in. I was going to keep it from you 
until later, but I might as well tell you now 
that I was the instructor chosen for this 
work. You see, my sickness was somewhat 
similar to his, and so Christ knew that I was 
well prepared to explain to this poor man, 
as had been so lovingly explained to me, that 
paralysis, like all disease, is only a condi- 
tion of the mind, and not of the body, the 
body itself being mental, and real because 
mental. That is what I had to realize before 
I could get rid of my own trouble; only Christ 
doesn't make us wait too long. He just goes 
ahead and cures our minds, and consequently 
our bodies, and then He leaves it to an in- 
structor to teach us how it was done. 



PART TWO 

"And it came to pass the day after, that 
he went into a city called Nain; and many 
of his disciples went with him, and much 
people. Now when he came nigh to the gate 
of the city, behold, there was a dead man 
carried out, the only son of his mother, and 
she was a widow: and much people of the 
city was with her. 

"And when the Lord saw her, he had com- 
passion on her, and said unto her, Weep not. 
And he came and touched the bier : and they 
that bare him stood still. And he said, Young 
man, I say unto thee, Arise. And he that 
was dead sat up, and began to speak. And 
he delivered him to his mother. And there 
came a fear on all: and they glorified God 
saying, That a great prophet is risen up 
amongst us; and that God hath visited his 
people." 

(Luke VII). 



CHAPTER ONE 

(Our dear ones on the other side are often 
vitally grieved by our unbelief or doubt. 
While talking with Philip one day, my pen- 
cil suddenly became almost uncontrollable, 
making incoherent marks which I have 
learned to take as an indication of great ex- 
citement on his part. Soon the words came 
through that the daughter of a neighbor was 
controlling my pencil and wished me to go 
immediately and get her mother, because 
she wanted so much to talk to her. I hesi- 
tated, knowing that her mother would not 
believe, but finally both she and Philip be- 
came so insistent, that I relented. The result 
was a failure, as the mother was too fright- 
ened to even watch me take the loving, 
pleading words that came through. Philip 
wrote after she had gone:) Louise is in 
tears of anguish at her mother's attitude, so 
I am trying to comfort her. Oh, thank God 
that my people believe! If you only knew 
how happy you could make us by your atti- 
tude! 



(A friend writes concerning this subject:) 
Tell your folks that if they knew of the joy 
it gives Philip to communicate with them, 
they would do it all the time! If only my 



44 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

wife could believe ! But she is not ready and 
you must not tell her yet. I will try to come 
to her and convince her myself very soon. 
It is so hard when the channel is closed! 
(Philip here took control of my pencil, and 
with his usual impulsiveness wrote:) Dot, 
go ahead and tell his wife. Take a chance! 
Really it is awful to see Jack! He grieves 
so much. I try to cheer him up, for as you 
know, that is what Christ has given me to 
do. But Jack looks at me so sadly, and I 
know that he thinks I am happy because my 
people believe. Well, that is a reason, and 
that is just why I want you to tell his wife. 
You can't imagine how happy I am when I 
am talking to you all! I always have lots 
more to tell than I get the chance to say. I 4 " 
only men will accept this truth, they will see 
marvels; for there are miraculous things 
happening about us and about you, all the 
time, and your spiritual sight must be de- 
veloped to discern these great things. 

People shout to God: "Show us a sign and 
we will believe!" But they don't realize that 
God answers their demands and fills the 
ether with "signs"; but as Christ has said, 
"Having eyes, ye see not — having ears, ye 
hear not — having minds, ye understand not, 
but I say unto you these things shall not last 
forever, for the words of Christ shall never 
pass away, and they shall be fulfilled in very 
truth!" 

Holy God! Behold the accomplishment 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 45 

of man ! What a noble sight and how inspir- 
ing to behold the throngs of His Perfect 
Creation ! Every man shall be not only per- 
fect of mind, but perfect of every feature as 
created in the beginning by the God of all ! 
Oh, rejoice! The word shall dwell among 
you, and your souls shall be lifted to the 
Gates of Paradise, which are guarded by the 
doves of Peace and Love; and all who do not 
feel and know these, shall not enter therein 
until he shall know what these things are. 
Oh, follow the Christ who came to your 
earthly habitation and suffered of man's sin 
that you might understand the words of 
wisdom which shall unlock the storehouse of 
your very soul ! And the storehouses are 
filled to overflowing with the Bounteous 
Goodness which God has in limitless supply! 

Oh, come and sup with us. Sit at the 
Lord's table by my side, and receive the food 
and drink which Christ shall serve you for 
the upbuilding of your immortal soul ! Come 
and be a guest at the table of the Lord, and 
behold the faces which surround us — see 
John, the lovely one, who will teach us all 
the essence of true love; and watch him as 
he turns his eyes full of compassionate tears 
upon thy ever-loving face, for John sees in 
thee, Constance, a woman worthy to be 
loved by God! 

And see Peter, the rock of faith, who shall 
teach thee what it is to walk the ocean waves 
and doubt not, though the storm is very 



46 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

mighty, for lo! He points to where the 
Heavens are bursting with Light the clouds 
of darkness, and behold! Christ descends and 
comes to thee o'er the waves of the sea, and 
takes thy hand, and thou shalt understand 
and not be afraid — never, never! 

And see all the others who are gathered in 
His Name and for His Name's sake have for- 
saken the paths of doubt and grief, and have 
chosen the Light Paths gay with flowers and 
beauties and little children who shall teach 
us what joy is. Oh, laugh and be glad with 
exceeding great joy, and thy reward shall be 
plentiful, since it cometh from One who 
loves man dearer than all creation; for God 
so loved the world, that He gave His Only 
Begotten Son, that whosoever should believe 
in Him might be saved from sickness and 
grief and greater than all — death! 

Oh, death, where is thy sting, and grave, 
where thy victory? For, seeing error, we 
see not reality, and the God who created 
thee and me would not suffer His Holy child 
to see corruption. For the body is fashioned 
like unto its Creator and there is neither de- 
cay nor corruption to the Children of God! 
May Peace and Joy bless your paths and 
keep you all. Amen and Amen. 



(In a later letter, Philip tells more of that 
perfect love.) The other day I said to Grand- 
pa Pierce: "Let me take care of that for 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 47 

Dad, (referring to guiding influence), and he 
said, "No, I'll do it for him/' It was funny. 
Finally he put his arm on my shoulder and 
said, "Let us help him out together — it will 
be done with twice the blessing, because both 
our hearts are full of the love of God which 
seeks expression/' 

As God led His Son and communicated 
with Him, so shall it be given unto me to 
communicate with my daughters and my 
wife and my family, for such is the love of 
God and His Good Will towards those who 
seek His face. I tell you, Dot, you and Con- 
nie, and all of you so dear to my soul, have 
no idea with what powers you are joining 
forces ! You are daily putting yourselves 
in the way of marvelous things. You will 
see what I mean as time goes on. 

Keep up the faith; don't doubt, but believe 
and pray, and all shall be speedily revealed. 
Doubt kills spiritual growth. Faith builds 
eternal houses. Truth shall become mani- 
fest to the mind which sees, hears, and un- 
derstands, according to the will of God. 
Love, love, love. Have charity towards all, 
chastity of thought, and dwell on things 
holy in the silence of your immortal souls. 
Sing for the joy which springs from Heav- 
enly Peace. Praise God by seeking to fol- 
low the life of His Son. Enjoin all men in 
due meekness and sincerity to praise the 
Lord of Everlasting Faith, in whom are the 



48 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

foundations of the universe built by a Word. 

Take no thought for the details of your 

earthly existence, because a grand life awaits 

its consummation, a life without end, and 

who knows when that day shall be? 

I am near always — I have come to you — • 

perhaps you can rise in mind to me — and 

then shall the claim of death and separation 

be broken forever ! God give you faith unto 

this end! 

* * * 

(Philip wrote one evening to his mother a 
letter which I feel very sure many a son 
would w r rite if he had the opportunity. I 
therefore give it as it came through, hoping 
that all the mothers who read it will take it 
as a personal tribute to their motherhood.) 
Well, mother, you want to hear from your 
son? Here he is standing right by your side 
with his arm around you. I press you hard, 
but you do not feel me. But, dear little 
mother, I am nearer you than any of your 
other children on earth, nearer than hands 
and feet or heart. God bless our mothers ! 
Their faith and love are supreme; and one 
day God will put them each on a separate 
throne, and underneath each throne He will 
write: "This was a mother. " 

Oh, mother, mother, know that I am here, 
and be at rest. Let no doubt enter your 
dear heart. "Thy son liveth" in very truth. 
Doubt not, faint not, and watch, for behold! 
a day cometh when each shall be rewarded 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 49 

according to his works. My own mother, I 
kiss you with a kiss that is not of earth — may 
your soul be lifted up by it and comforted, 
forever and forever. Amen and Amen. 



(I have often asked Phil if he sees us al- 
ways, and if he saw us at all before we com- 
municated with him.) I saw you plainly at 
times when your thoughts opened up the 
channel, but I did not see you nearly so well 
as I do now since you have begun to write. 
I entered only when your minds called out 
to me, but now I can be there at will. I do 
not see you always, because you do not al- 
ways need me. But I can be there any in- 
stant you call — do remember that. Work 
or no, I can always answer the call from my 
dear ones on earth. 

I so often watch my two little girls. Love 
them well and make them both realize as 
soon as possible that their daddy is not dead, 
nor even away, but living and nearer than 
ever before, even nearer than he could be 
were he on the earth plane only! 

SJC 3|C >fC 

(One evening as we were reading Phil's 
messages together and commenting upon 
them, I suddenly received the impulse that 
he had something to say.) I am so glad that 
you read my messages over and over. Do 
you know that I am always there and listen- 
ing while you read over what I have said, 



50 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

because I want to know your thoughts and 
pierce your minds in order to be sure that 
you understand what I get through? In this 
way I am sure not only that I get the thought 
through straight, but also that you under- 
stand it straight. Dot, kid, I am giving you 
some pretty good dope, and you must not 
forget it, because I might not be able to 
give it just that way again, get me? 

My! what a beautiful place the earth is! 
Why, it's just about as beautiful as these 
higher spheres, only it probably doesn't ap- 
pear so to many people there, on account of 
their lack of vision. Wouldn't it make you 
tired, Dot, to see people so gross of vision 
that they do not recognize a scene in Para- 
dise when it is before their very eyes? 

And do you know that scenes never appeal 
the same to any two people? That is because 
no two people have identically the same spir- 
itual growth. New scenes and new ways of 
looking at old scenes will appear to you ac- 
cording as you gain spiritual insight. In- 
sight means a looking within, and a behold- 
ing of the inward scenes, which in turn re- 
flect the heavenly scenes. 

It's all in the way you look at it. Here's 
an easy experiment: just look around you 
and ask a few of the people you meet every 
day what they have seen of Heaven at the 
close of that day. You will find that the 
majority of them will have seen nothing of 
it — a minority may mention that they had 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 51 

one or two glimpses of it — but it will be only 
a very few who will tell you that they have 
actually not only seen Heaven, but its very 
Maker, GOD! Oh, be one of the last few'! 
Set your heart on it, make it your goal, your 
aim, and you will be rewarded a thousand- 
fold! 

* * * 

(Phil often writes in the same trend of 
thought.) Well, here I am as always, ready 
and waiting, just longing and yearning to 
get in a word and be a part of you all, as 
you are to each other! I so often look at 
you and I know that you do not and will not 
ostracize me from your thoughts. Make of 
me a reality, for in reality I am nearer and 
closer to you all and to each one of you than 
you are to each other. Oh, believe what I 
say, for it is the truth, and if you don't be- 
lieve it now, you will some day. But oh, 
seek perfection now and I swear that I will 
disclose truths, grand truths, believing 
which, you shall be carried aloft to heights 
of infinite bliss in God's Holy Firmament ! 
And surely your progress to the throne is 
certain, for Truth and Peace shall attend 
you in the person of Christ Jesus, our Sav- 
iour and Lord. Peace to all the earth! God 
bestows His Goodness upon you and thereby 
you are daily receiving His blessing. 

5JC ^ ^ 

(I wrote one night : "Phil dear, here we all 



52 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

are, as usual thinking of you every second.") 
Oh, and maybe you think I don't know it! 
Why every time you think of me, I am drawn 
to you by that very thought. It is a won- 
derful plan of God's to do this, to arrange it 
so that the slightest thought of love between 
people is instantly recorded. (I asked him 
what in particular had been happening to 
him lately.) How shall I know what to tell 
first? All the time things happen which I 
am anxious to tell you, and there are exper- 
iences which pile one upon the other, until I 
am overwwhelmed by them. 

Everything is beginning to take on color 
here now, more color and depth of reality — 
instead of the vague uncertain scenes which 
I seemed to half dream. All is becoming 
reality, and now I can understand why God 
does not have all appear to us at once and 
become revealed to us upon our arrival here. 
It is all too magnificent and glorious — we 
must grow spiritually able to bear the sights 
and sounds of this glorious universe! The 
same opportunity is open to you all now, but 
your senses are dulled to heavenly impres- 
sions; so you must develop them and bring 
them back to their intended use out of their 
hiding places. Oh, worship our Lord and 
stand before Him in the Might of Peace! 



Connie, I am standing by your side and 
enjoying the family circle very much. I 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 53 

take great pleasure in coming in the evening 
when you are all together; you make me one 
of you even though you cannot see me. I 
feel so sorry for some of the people who wish 
to visit their people as I do, but cannot. They 
go to them but they are not received; they 
are either shut out by grief, or else by the 
endeavor to smother grief in forgetfulness 
— and that is what hurts! Often such at- 
tempts to visit become unbearable for the 
one here, and so he gives up. 

It is wonderful how much one can do in 
this state — just imagine, I can be with you 
and also perform services, and at the same 
time learn a lot about life. 

No need of houses as far as protection 
from the elements is concerned. Houses we 
have, but merely for the sociable end of the 
game, so to speak. If you wish it, you may 
have a house of your own, a place that is 
really sanctified for your own personal use 
and that of your kindred. But gradually 
such desires leave us, as we approach the 
universal. Christ has said, "In my Father's 
house are many mansions," and He meant 
it. 

yf. 2{C >f. 

("What news?" I asked one day.) Today 
was like all other days in heaven, joy, love, 
peace and plenty for all who see Christ and 
the Divine Creation of man. It is all very 
wonderful to behold, very good to know, and 
very blessed to believe ! God is so powerful, 



54 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

and He is as good as He is powerful. Oh, 
Dot, I do wish you could feel this heavenly 
something which thrills me always. It seems 
to me that God just must break through the 
wall that man has put between himself and 
The One who loves him more than he can 
comprehend! ("Phil," I said, "as soon as I 
begin to take your letters, I feel an indescrib- 
able sense of happiness. It almost seems 
sometimes that I can shut the door of world- 
ly sense and turn my eyes into that fair gar- 
den which is beginning to reveal itself to 
me, in proportion as I search for and under- 
stand the truth.") Yes, Dot, I do think you 
feel it, and I could shout for joy at the 
thought that I can make you feel as I do. 
That is the idea of this power, anyway — to 
give people an idea of truth, and truth can 
be felt much more easily than told or ex- 
plained. When you feel a thing to be true, 
you can bank on it it is true ! But there are 
many mistakes in conveying a truth by 
words — words are so useless and expression- 
less. 

I long to catch you out of your false be- 
liefs and lift you into the real consciousness 
of man which is life without blemish and life 
f orevermore Perfect and Holy and Good and 
Right and Virtuous in the sight of God. This 
indeed, is life when man can cast off all his 
garments stained and tarnished by the co- 
mingling of evil with good; for the garments 
of a man cannot remain white and pure and 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 55 

radiant if he is to besmear them with taints 
of evil. Christ will wash each man until, in- 
deed, he is "whiter than snow/' as the Bible 
so truly puts it. Oh, my dear family, I am 
so glad that you think of me all the time, for 
neither are you out of my thoughts for an 
instant, and I think I can never rest in peace 
until I see you all behold nothing less than 
what I have already beheld — Christ Him- 
self. 

Oh, God, thou who rulest over all and who 
hast set the cycles of the Universe, which 
turn in unison with thine own complete 
Mind — oh, God, Almighty One, turn not 
from those on earth who are beloved by us, 
for indeed our future peace is with theirs, 
for so thou hast established the Laws of 
Love which shall bind together the souls of 
men according* to Thy Glorious Plan. Oh, 
God, thy will be done on earth as it is in 
heaven, and grant unto us this day and all 
the days to come the daily bread, Peace, 
which alone shall satisfy the hungry hearts 
of those still on earth who are hungering 
for us who wander in the fair places of 
Heaven. I pray thee grant unto those we 
love the blessing of Peace which thou hast 
already granted unto us through the knowl- 
edge and understanding of thy complete will 
— God, Father, Thou who sittest to wait for 
the love of man, I beg of thee this thing. 

* * * 

(It is very interesting to hear how our 



56 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

dear ones are clothed in the beyond. Philip 
always speaks of wearing white garments, 
but many others speak of wearing what they 
had on when the transition took place. Ask- 
ing Phil about this, I received the following 
information:) I have seen many soldiers in 
khaki and men and women dressed in very 
earthly clothes, but I have on a misty appear- 
ing covering, and it is impossible to describe 
its wonderful texture. (In a later message 
he states that they can appear to us in any 
dress with which we may be more familiar; 
but I understand that there all are clothed 
in white robes which merge into light. Con- 
cerning Christ's appearance, he says:) His 
robes seem to shine all around Him and we 
all feel Him. He radiates something similar 
to waves of Light, prismatic, glorious. His 
eyes are beautiful, deep, tender, and loving 
beyond description. He is quite tall and 
moves with such grace and sweetness of 
manner! In His presence we are all sancti- 
fied, blessed — and He talks to us so that we 
always understand. I wish you could see 
Him. He speaks to you whenever you do a 
good deed, think a beautiful thought, or 
create a lovely idea. That is Christ; know 
Him and love Him for His wonderful good- 
ness. 



CHAPTER TWO 

(The significance of Christmas seems to 
be felt very strongly beyond the veil. A sol- 
dier wrote through my hand to his parents 
a letter which I sent them at his bidding.) 

Written from Heights of Eternal Bliss to my 
dearest ones in the earth plane state of 
consciousness. 

Dear Mother and Dad: 

I wish you might know what a real Christ- 
mas is ! It is the birth of the Christ Child, 
the Holy Child of God, in the heart of man. 
How glorious is the morn when Truth breaks 
over the horizon of the mental vision and 
understanding* of man! Hark! the ether is 
filled with the echoes of the bells which 
again, and clearer than ever, my dearest 
ones, ring out the blessed news of Christ 
born, born in the heart of man. Remember 
how "the child grew and waxed strong in 
spirit." Oh, may that spiritual growth de- 
velop in your hearts and bring to you both 
the Peace of God which passeth understand- 
ing! Eye has not seen, ear has not heard, 
neither hath it entered the mind of man, the 
things which God has prepared for him! 

And yet, oh, my dear mother, thou who 



58 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

alone feels the sense of a mother's loneliness, 
I cry unto you, for the sake of our dear 
Father in Heaven, break the gates of thy 
former beliefs and misunderstandings and 
tear down the portals which have hereto- 
fore rested upon a none too solid foundation ! 
And, tearing them down, hasten into the 
newly found paths and trample under thy 
feet all thoughts of the past. For, behold! 
the former things have passed away, and 
there shall be a new Heaven and a new earth, 
and there shall be no more sorrow, nor separ- 
ation; and God will wipe away all tears by 
filling the hearts and minds of men with the 
glorious light of understanding. With this 
to illumine your paths, you shall never again 
be bound by the awful illusion that death is 
real, and that to death w r e must ascribe the 
power of separation between loved ones. 

Mother and dad, can't you feel me here? 
Believe. Here I am loving you, speaking to 
you, and longing and yearning to have you 
see me as I see you. It is the same with us 
all here; we want our dear ones to see and 
feel us as we do them. 

Great and splendid are the sights which 
greet the eyes of a man who believes ! God 
reveals unto you all His wisdom, His Glo- 
ries without end, and I know that you have 
had glimpses of Him as you lovingly caress 
or inhale the fragrance of flowers — or per- 
haps you have seen Him in the great celes- 
tial universe which shines by day with the 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 59 

light of the sun, and by night with the light 
of the stars. And why has God done this ? For 
the same reason that He blesses a man who 
curses His Holy Name, thereby winning the 
love of the man. Man, understand, is eter- 
nal, and exists for the delight of God, who 
wishes thus to manifest Himself throughout 
the universe. 

Christmas ! Think of the joy and the rap- 
ture which the Wise Men felt when at last, 
at the end of their journey, the star led them 
to the place where Christ lay! Oh, may the 
star of your understanding guide you fault- 
lessly along the way, over mountain and 
vale, over turbulent waters and pleasant 
meadows, until that glorious revelation of 
His truth shall break in golden colorings 
upon your consciousness, and reveal to you, 
indeed, the birth of the Saviour of man. 

Who is He, and what is His Name? His 
name is Immanuel, Christ in us. "And there 
was no room for Him at the inn" — make 
room, then, for Him in the home of your 
hearts, where God has implanted His Divine 
Self which, like Him, shall live eternally. 
Oh, bless the Lord God of all, who has re- 
vealed Himself unto you through the life of 
His Son, Christ Jesus. 

Rejoice, then, and be not sad, for our God 
who is a God of Love and Joy, whispers ten- 
derly unto you: "Come unto Me and I will 
give you Peace; not as the world giveth, give 
I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, 



60 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

neither let it be afraid. Peace I leave with 
you. My Peace I give unto you." 

My dearest ones, realize God, God, God! 
And know that it is He who has given me un- 
to you, and the Lord shall not take away 
from him who hath faith and understanding; 
for in God's Kingdom all is Joy and Unity 
of those who love. "May Peace dwell with 
you and keep you and bless you and make 
you glad, glad, glad, forever, as it has done 
unto me. Believe. 



(Phil's Christmas message came through 
on the same day.) Another Christmas on 
the earth to mark the passing of the time 
according to man. But always remember 
that with God one day is as a thousand years 
and a thousand years as a day. It is all so 
glorious here, so lovely and peaceful, and 
the reason for this is that we see that every- 
thing is going on all right, even though to 
those who do not see it clearly, things ap- 
pear all wrong. We see that everything 
that tends to make a person unhappy or dis- 
contented is but a product of his own wrong 
imaginings. Therefore there is nothing to 
worry or fret us, by reason of our very clear 
vision of the God idea. 

I heard you discussing the location of 
Heaven. Well, it is everywhere. It includes 
the earth and all celestial orbs, and it fills 
every bit of space; in reality, there is no 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 61 

place which is not Heaven ! Earth is a single 
place where people learn of God and gradu- 
ally they grow away from it and its limita- 
tions as their understanding increases. (I 
asked if it were possible for us to be of earth 
and yet be with them.) Yes, it is possible, 
but not probable until in some way you get 
a vision of things not as yet seen. For in- 
stance, I am with you always — and yet I 
have the power of being in many places at 
the same time. There are really no limita- 
tions to God's children, who are made like 
Him, any more than He is limited, for as you 
know we are all, without exception, like Him. 

Christ comes unobtrusively into the heart 
of each man, and knocking, seeks admit- 
tance, inquiring if man has had enough of 
sin and will turn to the Light forever and re- 
ceive the blessing of God. If He is not given 
admittance, He turns away seeking another, 
and so on. He patiently continues to strive 
to be the companion, helper, and uplifter of 
man. If man, then, does not wish to receive 
this help, it is because his heart is temporar- 
ily steeled; but sooner or later all will turn 
to Christ, as a flower to the sun, for only by 
so doing may man receive life, which he pos- 
sesses by the very nature of his wonderful 
creation. 

I would almost dare to hope that you can 
hear the angel's song, if only you will break 
the fetters which bind you to things as 
they have always seemed to be. The angels 



62 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

here sing in great choruses and their voices 
have in them marvelous healing powers, and 
one who hears them may be instantly healed 
of a false belief, or he may be granted a 
vision, or he may be given a clearer insight 
into the mysteries of God! I wonder if it 
isn't possible for you to hear them. They 
sing so often to you all ! Their voices carry 
throughout the spheres, and their tones have 
in them mighty power and sweetness, and 
the music floats through all the universe. 
But only he who can interpret can hear. 

Rest assured, everybody, that we must all 
fight this so-called death, for death is the 
enemy, the barrier, which shuts out many a 
glorious vision from man's eyes. For in 
death man sees the consummation of all his 
wrong beliefs. Be very sure that you will 
not have to submit to this game of Blind 
Man's Bluff much longer; something has got 
to happen, and it will, if only you will be- 
lieve and ask in Christ's Name to be de- 
livered ! Let this be your Christmas prayer, 
not only for yourselves, but for all of God's 
children, for we in Heaven long for it as 
much and more than you. Let your prayer 
be that God will cause His Light to so shine 
upon us all, that the shadows of death shall 
be driven away forever, never to return, for 
this, I know, is God's will. 

Pray then. Oh, if I could urge the world 
to join in prayer for the actual abolishing of 
death! Then, indeed, would His Kingdom 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 63 

have come on earth as it is in Heaven. God 
help me to break through this veil of doubt 
on my side, and may He help you on your 
side — that thus we may meet half way, each 
winning half the battle, and counting the 
victory only when I clasp each one of you to 
my breast and whisper: "My dear Connie, I 
am thine and we shall never be separated 
again, even in thought. Come and let me 
teach unto you the things of God! And, 
dear, our time shall be spent in journeying 
millions of miles to view His handiwork and 
to help others to live the Christ life." 

And, mother, I shall take you and say, 
"Mother, mother, you and Dad must grow 
young again, for you have through all eter- 
nity to live, and your child is restored to you 
in very truth, and he shall watch and rejoice 
to see you grow young again in the com- 
panionship of Christ and in the Light of God ! 
No more shall your mother heart wonder 
for the reason of this seeming blow, but 
sweetly shall you listen to the voice of God 
who shall say: "My daughter, thy son liv- 
eth, and couldst thou believe that I would 
take from thee what I have given thee? Nay, 
but I restore him to you whole and with a 
mind like unto Christ." 

And, Dad, I shall take your hand and to- 
gether we shall see your ideals realized, (and 
they are my ideals for I patterned after 
yours!), and I shall be verily blessed when I 
hear you say, "Well, Phil, could I have ac- 



64 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

tually known all this, I think I could have 
made earth a similar place to Heaven !" 

I feel you asking when all this shall be — 
well, take it from me, you haven't got to die, 
so to speak, to see it, so live each day in 
hopes that on that day shall take place the 
piercing of the veil of unbelief; and don't be 
disappointed if it doesn't happen as soon as 
you might wish, because it actually is going to 
happen! And it never can be too late for it 
to happen, for there is no such thing as "late" 
when we think in eternal terms. So a little 
short space of time more or less is not worth 
mentioning. But in Heaven a short space of 
time can be very long, because in Heaven all 
is happiness, and so God makes time stretch 
on and on. We never have to hurry — we can 
enjoy a circumstance to its fullest extent, 
for there is no marking of time. On earth 
you are always limited. The little tastes of 
Heaven which you get must always come to 
an end — not so here — such tastes may last 
a long time, for only in such a way can man 
develop a real appetite for spirituality. 

Be glad, then, all. Remember I am with 
you, not on Christmas Day only, but now and 
here, always and always. God hasten the 
day of a better understanding! Your re- 
lease and mine is very sure, but we must 
strive diligently and face each day with re- 
newed energy and good will, and above all, 
we must be happy!. Connie, family, every- 
body, it is up to you to be as happy as I am, 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 65 

and it is as easy for you as it is for me, for I 
am telling you just why there is no reason 
for being unhappy — so if you will believe 
what I say, that is all that is necessary — 
the rest will take care of itself. Never lose 
heart over anything, and least of all, over my 
death; because you take on faith that I am 
not dead, now, and a day will come when you 
will know it to the point of complete under- 
standing. So don't let death get your goat 
— just believe and hope in the goodness of 
all things and in the speedy revelation to 
your hearts of the whole plan. God watches 
and be sure He will reward each right idea 
and attitude that you take and act out in 
your lives. 

Oh, my dear ones, what more can I say, 
except again that I love you all a thousand 
times as much as you love me ! As my wife, 
Connie, prove what you know of love be- 
tween husband and wife by loving and liv- 
ing love beyond the grave ! Mother and dad, 
will you as my parents of God, do the same? 
Let not a wrong belief allow you to destroy 
what you both know lives everlastingly, a 
parent's love for a child. And that love must 
die if the child dies, for you can't love what 
death has destroyed. This holds true for 
you all. Test yourselves — do you all love 
me as much as ever? Then the very fact that 
such love still exists proves that I still exist 
— get me, folks ? All, then, believe what you 
can understand, and believe even more 



66 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

strongly what you cannot understand, for 
man's self-limited sense is not a measure of 
the things of God. May this and each suc- 
ceeding Christmas and each year which will 
follow implant within you all the seeds of 
Peace in the knowledge that underneath are 
Everlasting Arms. Amen and Amen. 

* * * 

(On New Year's Eve the following mes- 
sage came through.) There are going to be 
published many books concerning the differ- 
ent sides of this truth. They will surely 
help you to understand it better and better. 
Be strong, all, and stand firm for the truth! 
Let nothing or nobody take it from you, for 
it is eternal, and all men are going to be- 
lieve some day — but blessed are they who 
believe first. Don't ever change your atti- 
tude towards my death— remember, death is 
only a name and not a reality in any sense 
of the word. Oh, if you only knew the things 
which God has prepared for you, I am sure 
you would never have a care, nor the slight- 
est worry; but you would wake in the morn- 
ing with a song of Joy in your hearts — 
through the day you would do His work in 
Holy Peace and never a sorrow would 
touch your minds, nor a care; and at night 
you would rest in the knowledge of God's 
care and protection, and Peace would bless 
your lives. 

Happy, Happy New Year, all who are so 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 67 

strong and helpful in supplying me with a 
purer and better faith whereby I shall as- 
cend to the Throne. God bless you, dear 
ones, and may He keep you safe from any 
future misconceptions — may He brighten 
your lives with the Light of His Love. 



Believe me, at times it is some job to get 
things through. Oh, how I longed to tell 
you all at the time of my passing that I was 
not leaving you at all ! 

I am always at any place I wish to be. I 
can travel in a flash; space is nothing. To- 
day I went on a very long journey and saw 
wonderful things. I saw Christ in the midst 
of a group of soldiers all wounded and 
broken by the sufferings of war. It was aw- 
ful to see their plight. They all clung to 
Christ and He put His hands on them — and 
wonderful vision to behold! they were all 
made whole! But their faces! God! when 
shall I again see such joy, such peace, such 
love, such adoration! 

Then they followed Him into a river and 
He cleansed them of their wrong beliefs, 
and when they came out, they looked like 
angels, holy, holy, holy. If I only had the 
power to describe to you the experiences I 
have every day, every hour, though in Heav- 
en there is no time, nor space, nor night — the 
stars are a million times more lustrous and 



68 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

wonderful than your stars, and yet they are 
the same stars ; but stars here reflect Christ, 
God! And the music! what harmony, what 
peace, what everlasting joy! Oh, see these 
things and believe! Great are the things 
yet to come and still greater and greater, un- 
til I cannot understand it all — the joy, the 
light, the beauty, the flowers ! Thinking in 
such lines, isn't it easy to see that man, the 
child of God, can never be subject to decay? 
The body itself is the Temple of God, and 
that could not see corruption. What do you 
think the Temple of God is? Something to 
bury in the ground, something which low 
forms of creation can consume? How about 
it? I tell you, these things are worth think- 
ing of. And know, dear ones, that Christ 
does not unfold the petals of His flowers of 
Revelation until His children are ready to 
imbibe the sweetness. 

The only thing worth while is Good, Per- 
fection. Nothing else is of avail. Live in 
the world, but be not of it; always see the 
guiding star and turn your steps to the paths 
into which that star will lead you; for the 
star is the star of Bethlehem, which guided 
the Wise Men to the Christ Child! So will 
you become like the Wise Men, but remem- 
ber, they never lost sight of that star! It will 
lead you, but if you turn your gaze from it, 
you will fall into unworthy paths of dark- 
ness, and you will stumble. 

You need the light of its radiance to guide 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 69 

you. "Let thine eye be single"; that is, let 
thine eye see but one thing as its goal, GOD! 
Bring not to the Christ Child gifts of prec- 
ious stones. Those are earthly possessions, 
and Christ does not know them. But lay at 
His feet a beautiful spirit or character, and 
your reward will far surpass the gift ! God 
watch over you all, and may the star, His 
Holy guiding star, so shine on and illumine 
your paths, that the way will be clear be- 
fore you. Doubt not. Fear not. Only be- 
hold Him forever and forever. 

* * * 

(A friend sent this letter to his wife, re- 
ceiving which, she believed immediately.) 
Tell her that it took me a long time to get 
rid of my wrong beliefs, but now I am all 
right again, and it is so good to see my body 
restored. Tell her that sometimes her grief 
was so strong that I felt it and couldn't 
reach her consciousness for that very reason. 
Dot, get her to take lots of rest because 
worldly tasks avail nothing spiritual. Peace 
of mind and love of God is all, absolutely all 
that counts. 

I see Christ in everything here — Christ in 
the flowers, Christ in the stars, Christ in the 
music, Christ in our hearts. Everything re- 
flects Him in His glorious plan. Every time 
you think a good thought, it rises like in- 
cense to Christ. Every time you do a good 
deed, another stone is laid on the founda- 



70 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

tion of your Christian character, which will 
finally lead to perfect realization of His 
Goodness and Truth and Loveliness and 
Beauty and Joy and Light. 

I have beheld His hosts of angels and mil- 
lions of His believers, all clad in purest 
raiment, praising Him with music of the 
heavenly spheres, which is to be compared 
with nothing of the earth plane. If you could 
only behold Him by His works as I do ! Look 
ever for Him in the heart of a child, or the 
petal of a flower, or perhaps in the infinite 
depths of the blue sky, the dome of His 
Heavenly Kingdom. Search for Him in 
nature, for nature is but God. Every flash 
of lightning, every bolt of thunder, speaks 
of His power and wisdom. Each breeze that 
blows wafts tales of His Lovingkindness 
and Tender Mercy. Each little living thing 
on the face of the earth speaks God to His 
children. Oh, why do His children pass them 
by? Don't they know that God is all, and 
the nearest reflection of Him is a Godlike 
man, woman, or child? 

To understand real life is to have Joy, 
Peace, Longsuffering, Tender Mercy, Love- 
liness, Happiness, Beauty, Light, Radiance, 
and above all, Peace and Harmony from 
God. 



PART THREE 

"And, behold, there came a man named 
Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue: 
and he fell down at Jesus' feet, and besought 
him that he would come into his house: For 
he had one only daughter, about twelve years 
of age, and she lay dying. But as he went 
the people thronged him. 

"While he yet spake, there cometh one 
from the ruler of the synagogue's house, 
saying to him, Thy daughter is dead; trouble 
not the Master. But when Jesus heard it, 
he answered him, saying, Fear not; believe 
only, and she shall be made whole. 

"And when he came into the house, he 
suffered no man to go in, save Peter, and 
James, and John, and the father and mother 
of the maiden. And all wept, and bewailed 
her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, 
but sleepeth. And they laughed him to 
scorn, knowing that she was dead. 

"And he put them all out, and took her by 
the hand, and called, saying, Maid, arise. 
And her spirit came again, and she arose 
straightway: and he commanded to give her 
meat. And her parents were astonished: 
but he charged them that they should tell 
no man what was done." 

(Luke VIII). 



CHAPTER ONE 

(One night I let my pencil rest idly on the 
paper, waiting for anyone who wished to 
take control. The pencil was soon controlled 
by a very prominent statesman, who wrote 
as follows :) I am a soldier of God, and a cap- 
tain against the foes of man, for God has no 
foes to overcome, being always a victor of 
Good. He who would win the fight must 
gird on the armor of Love, for Love alone 
shall save! Let the nations of the earth be- 
come as one before their God and Saviour ! 
Let them form a unit, and thus united, form 
the Army Everlasting. 

I stand for Truth and the purpose of 
Might. Whosoever shall desire to become 
a soldier of God must first become a soldier 
ready to defend his brother in Truth and 
Love. For Might is God, and Power is God, 
and he who is for God is not for false pride 
or envy or hate or for his own exaltation. 
Watch and strive diligently, for the time is 
at hand. Let all cease their worldly ques- 
tionings and sitting in silence, listen to the 
voice of God; for this is the voice w r hich shall 
utter the shout of the Eternal Victory. 

Watch! 

* * * 

(Here the pencil stopped and then again 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 73 

began to move in an entirely different man- 
ner, swiftly but easily, and in many curves. 
I knew someone else had control :) I am with 
the Eternal God of man, and I am the pur- 
pose of the world. Save the world and bless 
it with God's ideas, and you will found a 
new nation on the earth; and this Nation 
shall be called the Kingdom of Heaven, for, 
behold! it shall be mighty above all nations 
and its people shall rule forever and ever in 
Happiness and Peace and Godlike demo- 
cratic principles. 

Become like the people of Israel and your 
God will guide you through the Red Sea — 
the sea red with the blood of the martyrs 
for Christ Jesus! Behold! the time comes 
when the nations of the earth shall pass 
away, and only one nation shall prevail and 
that is God's own. Whosoever defieth the 
power of such a nation defies his God and 
His Power over all and through all. 

Ye who hearken to these words will do 
well to watch and interpret the signs of the 
times. For I say unto you all, God is Power 
and Light and Love, and He is the only 
Power which shall prevail. I say unto you 
these many things, for ye shall watch and 
my words shall be proved in the future in 
the signs of the times. Let a man exalt 
himself by exalting his enemies; otherwise 
he is not exalted. God shall make the proud 
of the earth who are puffed up by a false 
sense of right, to become lowly. Beware, 



74 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

ye generation of pretenders, and watch I I 
stand for Truth and Light and Love, and I 
represent God's eternal purpose and plan. 
Let him who can, interpret my words. (Here 
the pencil made several perfect circles.) 
This is the circle of the nation of God. God 
is the only power, and He will prevail over 
all the world; so whosoever would be of the 
Army Victorious, let him straightway join 
the forces of God's own angels, who shall 
come with blaring trumpets, and the sound 
of triumphant chariot wheels shall proclaim 
his final victory. 

There is the chariot of Love in which 
Christ holds the steeds of Truth and Right- 
eousness. Then comes the chariot of Peace, 
in which shall ride the martyrs, who by their 
noble example of the Peace of God, when 
undergoing martyrdom for His sake, shall 
forevermore be exalted. And there shall fol- 
low the Chariot of Life, in which shall ride 
the believers, to whom is given the Life 
Everlasting. And in the wake of the chariots 
shall follow the throngs of Angels and 
Saints and Lovers of God's children. 

This is the Procession Eternal, which 
started on its triumphal tour when the time 
of man first was, and up to the present time 
it still marches on to God. And God shall be 
the King of all. This is the message of 
Heaven. Listen and you can hear the roll 
of the chariot wheels, which are the circles 
of unity; and so they move on to the Life 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 75 

Everlasting forever and forever. Let him 
who would be among the victors enlist 
straightway on the side of God. I speak 
with authority. Watch. 



(Still another force took the pencil, be- 
ginning by making an open, unfinished circle 
like the figure below.) 




This is the broken circle which should be 
now, and shall be some day, a perfect un- 
broken circle. Unbelief, doubt, scorn, skep- 
ticism, ridicule, and the jeerings of mankind 
have broken the unity of God's plan for man 
— but not forever, for God's Plan is Eternal, 
and it is His Good Will to endow man with 
free will to choose. (The pencil then made 
a perfect circle.) This is the unbroken circle 
of the Unity of Believers, but it shall not be 
perfect until man, forced by the Power of 
God's Love, shall bind it together into a 
harmonious whole, world without end. (An 
axis was drawn through the circle.) This 
is the axis or pivot of the unbroken circle of 
unity, on which everything rotates, as the 
earth and all other celestial spheres rotate 
and shall continue to rotate forever and for- 



76 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

ever. For there is fire everlasting, the heat 
of which shall consume the lusts of mankind, 
and they shall be destroyed, and the fire shall 
consume everything that is not like unto 
God, Our Father, the One Everlasting who 
sendeth fire from His Heaven. And man 
shall be tried therein and shall be made pure 
in the sight of the angels who surround the 
throne on high. 

I speak with the tongue of authority. It 
is enough, and it is good for us to be here. 
Believe and thou shalt be rewarded. Follow 
Him and great shall be your reward here and 
hereafter. The peace of Jesus who was the 
Christ fill your souls and minds. Blessed is 
he who walketh in the paths of the godly for 
His Name's sake, for lo! all things shall be 
revealed. Open thy mind, for the Lamb of 
God shall reveal truths of Heaven unto thee, 
and thy paths shall be blessed in the peace of 
the Most High. Holy are His mandates, for 
He is Holy. And there is no more death, for 
He has triumphed over the grave; and the 
joy of them that believe shall be for the up- 
building of the souls of them who do not 
believe. 

Walk daily in the faith. Believe in the 
goodness and virtue of all, for all are from 
the Father. And work diligently for them 
that stumble, lest a worse thing come to 
them. Be ready for what God prepares for 
you to do, and be guided by the Light of the 
Way-Shower, who is the Lamp of Eternal 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 77 

Light, which shall illumine the paths of men. 
The path to God is wide and easy, but the 
path of evil is crooked and full of holes and 
stumbling blocks. Follow thou then the 
bright way, which is the truth of God as 
taught by Jesus. 

And Jesus while he yet walked the earth, 
said when we came to a stubble on the path, 
"Behold! how easy it is to fall! But the 
Light shall reveal the stubble on thy path, 
lest thou stumbleth at any time. Therefore, 
watch and be ever wise in the way of the 
Light forever and forever." 

And so may Peace and Love and earthly 
content and heavenly blessings fill your 
hearts and minds and lead you into paths 
eternal. Amen and Amen. 



(As the pencil stopped at the end of the 
above message, still another took control.) 
I am a person whom you do not know and 
who has never had a chance to use this power 
before. I don't know what will interest you 
the most, but you will be glad to know that 
I was a soldier in the Revolution, one of the 
old blood who knew what it meant to fight 
for a cause. I think mankind would do well 
to fight for the cause of God as hardily as 
we fought in the war. He is the King eter- 
nal in the heavens ! Oh, love Him and be 
like Him in all things, for the night cometh 
and no man knows when the Lord will say 



78 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

unto him, "Come and tell me what thou hast 
done to prove thy love and trust in Me." 

Follow Him into the Country Everlasting, 
and you will see the sights of Heaven, lovely 
streams and quiet meadows and glorious 
places where all is Light and Peace. To all 
present I send the blessing of God. Peace 
be unto you and keep your minds free from 
the distresses of worldly imaginings. Peace 
— Christ be with us all. Amen. 



(Another whom personally I had never 
known, but of whom I had heard much, con- 
tinued with another theme.) My child, I am 
here with many who are dear to the hearts 
of those on earth, and I see it all now so 
clearly. Truth is Light and Light is Under- 
standing and Understanding is God and God 
is all. Believe in the might of the Father 
and in the power of the Lord and in the love 
of both for their children of creation. Be- 
lieve that there is no evil and evil shall de- 
part from thy presence. Believe in the power 
of good and good shall bless thy life! Choose, 
then, and thou shalt see that what I say is 
true. God will give thee wisdom. Believe 
in Him with thine whole heart and soul and 
mind! 

* * * 

(A soldier whom I knew now controlled.) 
Heaven is one fine, thoroughly splendid 
place ! If only you could all see it as I do ! I 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 79 

think, mother, that you would enjoy the 
Light and Loveliness and Softness of it all 
— everybody is so tender and loving, and it 
all appeals. And what I think would appeal 
most to dad is the strength of things seen 
and of people seen — there is nothing weak — 
all the buildings are so strong and mighty, 
and their towers rise high, high, high, and 
pierce the clouds ! There are some wonder- 
ful buildings here, marvelous pieces of archi- 
tecture. Heaven is full of architects and the 
most wonderful of all — God, God, God ! He 
it is who erects such structures as are incon- 
ceivable to earth plane architects. 

I remember one day seeing a building 
erected higher than I could discern, and I in- 
quired what it was ; someone told me that it 
was a structure which had been conceived 
by an architect on earth, and his one great 
ambition had always been to put up a build- 
ing which would pierce the clouds, which 
would extend out of sight. Of course, he had 
never been able to do it; so as soon as he ar- 
rived here, he started to work, and as 
soon as he began, his conception of that 
building grew and grew until, after a short 
time it became a true and beautiful concep- 
tion. The next time he approached the 
structure, to his great surprise, he found that 
the thing was complete, eternal, vast, ever- 
lasting! 

Of course, the point of this whole story is 
that as soon as any of us have a true and real 



80 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

and finished conception of a thing, that 
thing, if it is good, is immediately accom- 
plished by the wisdom of God, who is Him- 
self the Perfect Conception of all things, as 
you know. If you realized this great 
truth, you would attain every perfect desire 
of your heart. I used to see through things, 
in back of things; I would look at the stars 
and wonder what was in back of them. Now 
I know — God. But how and why? There 
is so much that is different from our former 
ideas! Believe — all is Good — all is God — 
always, always. 



(The following message came too swiftly 
for the pencil, but it came so clearly and de- 
finitely to my mind, that I was able to record 
it.) I am he who explains. Listen well and 
heed my words: there are hidden in the 
rocks of the earth beauties of God, wonder- 
ful to behold. In some fair meadow there 
lies concealed a flower of exquisite loveli- 
ness. Far beneath the deepest ocean are 
hidden wonders of God's making, waiting to 
be seen by man, since for man's pleasure all 
these things were created. He whose vision 
is of God, and spiritual, can see such and un- 
derstand God's treasures and find them 
where they lie hidden from mortal sense and 
consciousness. Oh, seek them out and in- 
cline thine ear to hear lovelier tunes than of 
former times, for are not the choirs of His 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 81 

angels instruments of Divine Music which 
shall thrill creation? For God thus seeks in 
one of His manifold ways to reveal Himself 
unto His children. 

At will thou canst be lifted to where the 
highest mountain touches the circle of the 
sky! Or thou canst be wafted on the softest 
breeze to fields of loveliness, sweet with the 
freshness of life! Or thou canst submerge 
thyself into the ocean depths, and there again 
learn to see and know the wonders and 
powers of God. And thou of little faith and of 
gross understanding! Why dost thou not 
take what thy God giveth thee, and then, too, 
thou shalt be in that heavenly consciousness 
which is Heaven, for all, all is of God and 
His Power. . . . 



(A doctor whom our family has known 
for years, and who passed on shortly after 
Phil, sends this rather interesting letter:) 
Dorothy, I am very glad of having this op- 
portunity to send you my word as a doctor 
that Philip, whom I have known all my life, 
is here with me and there with you. He is 
not dead, rest assured, not even in the sense 
in which we doctors use the word "death," 
meaning that the physical body has ceased 
to function and that the soul has taken flight. 
I find that the body which we inhabit on 
earth is to be our heavenly body also — our 
body eternal. It is hard for me to give up 



82 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

some of my ideas on this subject and on the 
subject of medicine; but when I saw One 
here who cures all ills at a touch, I knew that 
it was not medicine but a far greater power 
which should deliver men from their sick- 
nesses. I was cured immediately as soon as 
I came into my present state of mind. I 
never felt better in my life, and I feel 
younger, too. I wish I could get back to 
some of my old patients. I could cure them 
now in short order; that wouldn't please 
some of them very much, I guess, since so far 
as I could see, they rather enjoyed being sick. 
I wish I might have been able a year ago to 
tell you what I know now, but here you have 
it. Take it night and morning, and before 
and after each meal, and the cure will be cer- 
tain! With my very best wishes for your 
speedy peace of mind. . . . 

* * * 

(I had not written to Phil for some time, 
when one day the desire came over me so 
forcefully that I again took the pencil.) Say. 
Dot, where have you been all this time? 
Lately I have been traveling all through 
Texas. I had always wanted to go there 
but never found my way clear until now. It 
does seem peculiar that such an event as this 
should have brought me there. It is almost 
a year ago since I came here, and I have been 
afraid that all of last year's happenings at 
this time might tend to make you lose sight 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 83 

of what actually did happen — namely, that I 
gained life, real life, whereunto the scrip- 
ture is fulfilled when it declares : "He who 
saveth his life shall lose it ; but he who loseth 
his life, for my sake shall he find it," eternal, 
everlasting, abundant, full of divine inspira- 
tion which many an earthly life lacks ! 

(I had, a few moments before taking this 
message been reading with the utmost en- 
joyment one of my favorite poets. Some- 
thing of my thought on this subject must 
have been transferred beyond, because Phil 
suddenly broke in with:) You attract great 
blessing upon yourself when you recognize 
and appreciate spirituality in others. Mr. 

(mentioning the poet's name), wishes 

me to send you his blessing in appreciation 
of your effort to promulgate any immortal 
or spiritual ideas he may have voiced in any 
of his poems. 

God bless you and Christ keep you in the 
sanctity of His Peace. 



(I had recently completed the reading of 
a book written by a very prominent man 
who has been dead a short time only, when 
I had an impression that he had something 
he wished to get through.) I am here and 
glad to talk with a mind which does not fol- 
low after that which always has been, but 
which breaks the bar of conventional, proto- 
typed ideas, and soars into Realms from 



84 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

whence real knowledge springs. (I said, 
"Yours was such a mind. I have read most 
of your books, and I find them a valuable 
guide to many spiritual and essentially 
Christ-like ideas of true life.") 

It pleases me to know that a girl in your 
environment can see in the thought of my 
writings the Christ-life, for such is what I 
intended to bring out — the essential and 
usual worldly contradictions of belief and 
action, of knowledge and precept, of thought 
and deed. 

(I said, "Did you find upon arriving on 
your present plane of life, that, on the whole, 
you had heretofore entertained correct ideas 
concerning the proper method of demon- 
strating the Christian life?' 5 ) 

On the whole, yes — but there were many 
of my beliefs which only amounted to be- 
liefs. I w T as a little too strong in my censure 
of the church, for instance. I should have 
explained that all churches were not included 
in my scathing category, for some churches 
there have been and still are, which carry on 
almost to the letter the teachings of the 
Christ; although be it said to their misfor- 
tune, even such as these deplorably lack the 
power of the Christ life ! 

True, many there are which attain to His 
Holy precepts, and to a certain degree, con- 
scientiously attempt to carry them out in 
their lives, but there are almost no examples 
of the Power and the Glory of God outside 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 85 

of the scope of the individual ! What I mean 
to say is that in individual lives is seen more 
often the demonstration of this God-Power, 
than in the lives of several people united to- 
gether and calling themselves a church in the 
name of Almighty God. 

It is difficult for me even now to be gener- 
ous in my attitude toward the church as it 
appears to me. Yet, I am told of, and I have 
seen a great amount of work done by the 
church; but it seems to me that even in such 
a case, it is the individual and not the church 
which does the act of charity. Be it said in 
their favor, (I refer to the churches), they 
at least, do not take from certain individuals 
what amount of goodness they may possess. 
Thank God there are still men who can dis- 
cern through the ritual and form the Light 
of the Living Christ, shining — and, lo! they 
are not blind to the real behind the unreal, 
the Life behind the ritual! 

I have talked hours with Christ on the 
subject of the church, and while He does not 
believe in their abolishment as I did, still He 
says that there must be very great changes 
in the church before it will become the pos- 
sessor of its rightful power. Some of these 
changes I shall enumerate for your enlight- 
enment, and for the enlightenment of any 
who may read these words : 

FIRST: All must unite and form One 
Church Universal. All men must think as a 
unified whole. 



86 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

SECOND : Every member of the Church 
Universal must carry out to the letter the 
actual teachings of Christ. In the vicinity of 
such a church, then, there can be no poor, 
nor starving, nor sick, nor sinning, nor any 
in distress of any kind, for the precepts of 
the Christ life provide for all these abnor- 
mal, unnatural, and wrong conditions. 

THIRD: The Church will receive mani- 
fold "signs" from above, and each member 
shall at certain seasons receive the gift of the 
Holy Spirit, enabling him to speak with a 
new tongue and to do all things whatsoever 
Christ commanded. By such a church the 
dead shall be raised, the sick healed, and all 
manner of sin and distress alleviated and 
overcome ! And there shall be no more sor- 
row in the world, but great shall be the Joy 
thereof. 

May God hasten the founding of His Holy 
Church Universal, as I have described unto 
you, for with this church shall be established 
its watchword: "Peace on earth, Good-Will 
towards men!" Amen. 

(I asked if there was any definite church 
from which this church should arise.) All 
churches shall be contributors to the whole, 
but the greatest power shall arise from the 
individuals in any church who have most 
nearly attained the Christ powers which I 
have already enumerated, whereby all sor- 
row and suffering and sinning shall be wiped 
forever from the face of the earth! God 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 87 

bless those earnest seekers for the Truth, 
who shall not falter nor faint by the way, 
nor be discouraged by the diffidence of men. 



(A very interesting feature of all the mes- 
sages which come through is the use made 
of the circle as demonstrative of perfection. 
Very often such messages as these follow- 
ing come through :) This is the circle of God, 
for the time shall come when it shall be 
realized. Without, all is void and darkness 
— within is God, and Light, and all, all shall 
be saved, and each shall say: "Speak, Lord, 
thy servant heareth." Every knee shall bow, 
not in humility but in love. 

This is the circle of Eternity — it is com- 
posed of believers who join forces, and 
when these forces join, they will make the 
complete unit which centers about God. God 
is the central point of man's life — about Him 
man forms ideas, sometimes wrong and 
sometimes only partly wrong. Let the chan- 
nel of your conscious belief be open wide, 
and the Light will pour in upon you. At first 
it may seem to flood and so obliterate the 
true vision of your Creator and His Plan. 
But step by step, here a little, there a little, 
and the truth will become manifest. Just 
believe, then have faith, then hope, then 
realize, then love. 



CHAPTER TWO 

(Philip heard us discussing Physics versus 
Spiritualism one night, and wrote as fol- 
lows:) I can tell you one thing — don't ever 
allow the learning you get on earth to up- 
set your belief in this force in any way. 
Physics will puzzle you, and other subjects 
in that line. But hold fast to the faith, for 
that is good. The things you learn on earth 
are some of them true and are applied even 
here, but they are only a very small part of 
the truth and should be regarded as such. 

When I found myself here, I was not at 
all regretful except for one thing — that I 
had not manifested more plainly and fully 
my love for Christ and Our Father, God, 
Oh, Dad, the wonderful love these Saviours 
of men bestow upon us ! That is where I 
was surprised and dumfounded, wondering 
how they could love us so, and we do so little 
for them to show our love ! God is good. He 
just passes by and casts His rays upon us 
and we are filled with a sense of power and 
peace which words fail me to describe. God 
is good, but not in the sense of the word as 
we understood it on earth. He is good in a 
mightier sense, in a sense which uplifts and 
inspires the man upon whom the realization 
of His goodness descends ! You on the earth 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 89 

plane must feel this sense of His love and 
goodness at times. He is constantly bestow- 
ing it upon you all, but the trouble is that 
you always throw off its effects by wrong 
indulgences, activities, and worst of all, be- 
liefs. You trust too much in the things 
which do not pertain or lead to God. I was 
the same once — if I only could have under- 
stood then as I do now! 

Of course, in view of all these facts, you 
all have an advantage over me, for I can 
give you the right dope and give it straight. 

No two people on this plane live identi- 
cally the same lives. It is, in this respect, 
very much as it is on the earth plane. We 
seek companionship, or rather, we find our- 
selves somewhat mysteriously placed with 
people who are our kind, our temperament. 
Just as on earth we long to be with those of 
like temperament, so in Heaven we have 
that longing satisfied by always finding our- 
selves surrounded by people who are attrac- 
tive and dear to us. That's the God way of 
doing things. 

Of course, though, as we approach per- 
fection on the highest sphere, where sits 
God eternally, we are all together, for then 
the divergencies of characters and person- 
alities are absolutely obliterated and lost in 
the sense of complete love for all. (Phil here 
drew the figure as represented below.) 



90 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

God 




Earth Plane 

And now for the explanation of the tri- 
angle: for every grade of perfection on the 
earth plane, and there is an indefinite num- 
ber of grades, there is a corresponding sphere 
on the Heavenly planes. That is, according 
to attainment on earth we are accordingly 
placed in Heaven on a higher or lower plane. 
But people on the earth of opposite thought 
may both be right in a way, and right is right 
and in either case is bound to lead to God: 
that is the significance of the arrows on the 
earth plane pointing in opposite directions. 
Now as man emerges from his earth plane 
consciousness, he enters the heavenly plane 
of consciousness for which he is ready, and 
he does not have to die to do this, as is com- 
monly believed. It is at this stage, however, 
that the change which is called death occurs. 
I have already explained so much that there 
is no death, that I shall not repeat the dis- 
cussion here. 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 91 

You can see, then, how people of very dif- 
ferent characters verge together as they ap- 
proach God. The farther they are from 
brotherhood with one another, the farther 
they are from God! So the closer they are 
in brotherhood with each other, the nearer 
the approach to God, where all are united 
before Him in Love! 

You have asked me about the sleeping and 
eating here. Well, those who need it can 
sleep or eat, and both may be had at any 
time; for God's angels minister to all of our 
needs. But we outgrow these material and 
wrong ideas in proportion as we become 
filled with Christ. Of course, the same law 
applies to the earth plane, but people there 
don't sufficiently develop the Christ in them- 
selves, and the image of God. 

About animals — I haven't seen any, but it 
seems as though I hear the birds always 
singing. You see, I was never so passion- 
ately fond of them that they were necessary 
to my happiness. That is why I haven't seen 
them. But I am told that those who were 
fond of them on earth, may have them here, 
but I don't know how much companionship 
they have with them. Come to think of it, 
I have seen birds, especially eagles and wild 
animals, (only they are not harmful here), 
and they seem to symbolize something for 
God, for I don't remember seeing people 
fondling them. We all seem to understand 
their symbolic value and let it go at that. 



92 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

Birds of beautiful plumage and song, for 
example, help us to understand beauty and 
harmony. A lion stands for might, an eagle 
for wisdom, etc. I could probably know a 
great deal more about them if I w^ere inter- 
ested, but God and Christ are all I want to 
know, and so that is the line I am strongest 
in. 

One is never weary in heaven, and never 
needs recreation as you all understand it. 
One of our foremost recreations is music; 
we all go to hear music and thus know and 
become God-inspired. And somehow or 
other we always know just where to go to 
find it. Same way with beautiful colorings 
and sky effects and nature effects. And the 
great part of it is that we can travel any dis- 
tance in a flash! We can touch the highest 
mountain or the depths of the deepest crys- 
tal sea! We can laze in beautiful gardens 
of flowers and inhale heavenly odors. The 
flowers are so much more wonderful than 
earthly flowers. Everything here is perfect 
always — it always remains as it was in- 
tended in the beginning by God. 

We never need to work unless we wish to, 
but I never saw anybody yet who didn't long 
to work for his God. He is so good, so lov- 
ing — gives us everything we ask. Can you 
wonder that we long to reflect His love by 
helping Him do His work? For all work 
here is God's. 

Oh, may the Beauty and the Glory and the 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 93 

Softness and the Peace and the Love which 
fills my heart and soul and mind also fill 
yours and the minds of all ! I sometimes 
wonder when I will be able to make you ac- 
tually realize God! Sometimes the Beauty 
is too wonderful — I have to rest from its 
overpowering sweetness, and then I work. 
And after doing God's work, I find myself 
able to bear more loveliness— and so our life 
goes on and on, growing lovelier and lovelier 
each moment. This I cannot understand, 
for I cannot conceive anything more lovely 
than I now know! May God help you to 
feel, even in the smallest degree, what I feel, 
and He will bless you indeed! 

Heaven is watching over you, and all is 
good and God is all. Christ is the Way to 
Peace Everlasting in God our Father. Amen. 



(Writing to one who was rather doubtful 
about this force used in automatic writing, 
Phil says:) You don't seem to be able to ad- 
just yourself to His way of doing things. 
Just because you have never used the force 
in this way before is no reason why there 
should not be a first time. And, believe me, 
this isn't the only way the force can be used. 
In the future it will be used to propel air- 
planes or any other vehicle of locomotion in 
the air. It can propel these more readily 
than anything on the earth's surface, because 
of the fitness and adaptability of the ether. 



94 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

I don't just get all this dope clearly yet, but 
a more minute study on your part of the at- 
mosphere will unlock many heretofore latent 
secrets of energy, which have been and still 
are locked up in the very air you breathe ! 

It's a simple problem if only you will work 
it out. Use it anyway and you will discover 
the explanation in books which are soon to 
be published. You must discard all precon- 
ceived notions, and you must understand 
that the solution of this whole subject will 
be worked out wholly from a spiritual basis, 
and not by any means from a material basis. 
The Bible and history are full of evidence — 
why don't people go to them more, instead 
of going to books which should long ago have 
been regarded and therefore discarded as un- 
truths about God! Many of the writers of 
such books are here, and they are all to be 
given the task of undoing the harm they 
have done in the past, by influencing the 
minds of your present writers with Truth 
Eternal. 

Don't doubt this power. Try it yourself — 
anybody can use it. Let the force move 
your arm and keep your mind receptive to 
the things of God. You are bound to have 
results. Just believe. Nothing else is neces- 
sary. Remember Jesus said, "Oh, ye of lit- 
tle faith," which means belief in God's power 
as dwelling in man. "If ye have faith as a 
grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto 
this mountain, Remove hence to yonder 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 95 

place ; and it shall remove ; and nothing shall 
be impossible unto you. 9 ' Do you notice the 
word "remove"? Well, haven't you any 
faith at all, even enough to let it move your 
own arm? What I am driving at is this: 
You must believe in God's power in yourself. 
Now, to believe in God's power abstractly 
or in other people is one thing; but to believe 
in God's power in yourself is another thing, 
and the latter is more essential for this pur- 
pose. 

Man is God's highest creation. When his 
consciousness rises above the earth, he be- 
comes one of a sphere of Light, and these 
spheres circle about the highest sphere where 
God is, God the Light Everlasting. Glory 

to God in the Highest ! 

* * * 

Christ wants you to believe in this power, 
and He wants you to use it at least until a 
better means is provided according to your 
more spiritual understanding. It is one of 
the many steps which lead to a knowledge of 
Him, and more and more will develop in your 
life as you write. For instance, you will find 
after a while that you are, in some almost 
mysterious way, beginning to really learn 
the actual truths of creation. 

How you would shout and sing for joy, if 
you only knew of the wonderful, wonderful 
things God is daily preparing for you ! Why, 
He talks so lovingly and tenderly of all His 
children — He knows and understands so 



96 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

well the intimate facts of your lives ! Re- 
member—God loves you more than anyone 
on earth or heaven, or anyone on any sphere. 
Why, God loves you so much that He sacri- 
ficed His only Son just to show you, just to 
prove to you, that there is no death, that He 
had abolished the law that made death even 
appear real ! Think of it ! 

Look at it this way: suppose, Connie, that 
you were a great inventor and had created 
certain machines which you knew were per- 
fect because you had actually made them so. 
Well, suppose that everyone who owned one 
of these machines thought that they were 
imperfect, and made use of them as imper- 
fect — it is easy to see that they would have 
imperfect results. 

So you decide that you will have to dem- 
onstrate to them the perfection of your 
machine. Accordingly, you send them one 
just like their own, only this one is operated 
perfectly, as theirs should have been. Fin- 
ally, you see that they are not convinced, 
even when they see the perfect manifesta- 
tion of your creation. Consequently, you 
now decide that you will allow them to ap- 
parently destroy the whole thing, break it to 
pieces, crush its life out — all this you allow 
them to do, for they do not believe in your 
machine, and you think that if you can prove 
its value after they have destroyed it, that 
you will indeed have accomplished your pur- 
pose — in proving to them that the machine 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 97 

still exists perfect as before, even after they 
have apparently destroyed it. 

Well, all this happens; but much to your 
great surprise and profound sorrow, you 
discover that they do not believe in you or 
your machine, or its perfection, any more 
than ever! In fact, they don't even seem to 
see the thing when you have restored it to 
their very sight, after, as they supposed, 
they had succeeded in destroying it ! 

So you conclude that the best thing to do 
is to let the people discover for themselves 
that the machine is perfect, since they would 
not believe it when you, its very inventor, 
proved it to them! 

Now, that is somewhat the position that 
God, our Creator, is in. We are His perfect 
machines, and He sent His Son, another 
perfect machine, to us to prove the perfec- 
tion of our own selves. All we had to do 
was to follow Him in all things. (Here the 
writing became excessively large and dark* 
which is a way of expressing emphasis.) 
But the greatest and most awful enemy of 
all was death, death, death! Christ Jesus 
demonstrated this all to us, showing that it 
was to be overcome by denying its power 
over us ; in fact, that was one of the foremost 
reasons for His earthly life, to take away 
forever our belief in death. For it amounts 
only to a belief of ours, and nobody knows 
where it ever sprang from. 

God is the wonderful Thinker, Inventor, 



98 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

Demonstrator, Truth-Maker. Help Him, 
then — join the side of the angels and shout, 
'"Hosanna in the Highest! The Lord is 
.King!" Oh, fling wide the gates forever, and 
let the throngs of believers enter, leaping 
and shouting for joy, and praising God, Our 
Father All-Glorious, Who reigneth forever 
in Joy and Light and Who dispelleth dark- 
ness and Who bringeth Peace to the bands 
of men. Amen and Amen. Glory Hallelu- 
jah! 

*K *f» *K 

Heaven is indeed a wonderful place of 
Light and Joy Everlasting! Yes, this is 
your big brother. Dot, I am becoming so 
filled with this beautiful idea of God for man, 
that I think you would hardly know me for 
the roughneck I used to be. 

Here is something interesting: I am get- 
ting so that my body is losing all its imper- 
fections and I find myself shining, shining 
white! I didn't realize that I looked like 
this until someone told me: "Why, Phil, 
what is it that glorifies you so?" I did not 
know what to answer, and then Christ came 
near and said, "See, son, thy whole body is 
becoming light, even as mine! Come up 
higher, ever higher! Oh, my son, be thou 
perfect, even as thy Father which is in 
heaven." He took me by the hand, and there 
was a silent blessing in the movement. 

Oh, God, how wonderful are thy ways, and 
how marvelous are thv works ! 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 99 

What I wish so much is that you all could 
see the truth as I do. Again I urge you to 
keep on striving, to keep up courage and 
hope and faith in the eternal goodness of 
Almighty God. Oh, never relinquish the 
highest ideal you have conceived, or the 
divinest inclination to which your soul has 
aspired! As Christ says, "Seek contentment 
in the lovely things of God — come up higher, 
higher." 

Believe in the perfect idea of God, man, 
and what can be more perfect than a true 
and living, ever-living manifestation of per- 
fection? Life can be real or unreal, accord- 
ing to the tenor of our thoughts. Man has 
the power to create his own Eden, and that 
Garden is man's soul; Adam is the wrong 
belief which, united with other wrong be- 
liefs, creates a lie, sin, and this sin, the ser- 
pent, is born of error. Enter thou into the 
Garden of Paradise and guard it well with 
thoughts of beauty and love and compassion; 
and let the Peace of God which passeth all 
understanding reign in your Garden for- 
evermore ! 

Turn not from God, but turn indeed from 
the evil which thou hast already committed, 
lest a worse thing come to thee. For thou 
art the keeper of the Garden, and 'tis thou 
who reclineth therein, and in Holiness and 
divine Peace looketh about at the wonders 
which thy God, thy Father, hast created for 
thy pleasure. On earth you can still see 



100 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

these things if you will only develop the 
Power which is within — God, God, for in 
very truth, 'tis from no other but Him. He 
alone is thy King and thou art His servant, 
a servant of Goodness. But the master is 
not greater than the servant, except when 
the servant does not good. God, who is 
above all and master of all, does not consider 
Himself superior in an earthly sense of 
superiority, but He is greater in a divine 
sense. What I mean is that God does not 
consider Himself greater, but He really is 
greater — He is so wonderful and He is Per- 
fect Love. Therefore He cannot see Him- 
self greater than any man, by virtue of His 
being so very great Himself, but that does 
not alter the fact that He is greater. 

Christ often says, when I speak on this 
subject and mention how unworthy man is 
of such love — "Son, the master is not greater 
than the servant. Rememberest thou not 
that I washed my disciples' feet at the com- 
mand of my Father? And thinkest thou 
that my Father would command me to do a 
thing which He would not do Himself? 
Never forget the answers given to any who 
asked to sit in the high places of heaven. 
Then you can see readily how God would 
not deny others what He takes for Him- 
self . . . 

There are millions of things which I ought 
to tell you, but my mind can hardly grasp 
them in definite enough form to get them 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 101 

through concisely as I want to. For exam- 
ple, I see so many interesting people all the 
time, and my work is so absorbing, and 
Christ is so loving, and the place here is so 
beautiful, and the people all about me are so 
good, that sometimes I just creep off alone, 
all by myself, perhaps in the heart of a beau- 
tiful forest, or perhaps on some great moun- 
tain-side where I can get a lovely view of 
the heavens and places about; and I sit and 
think and pray and I say: "Philip Martin 
Pierce, what kind of a life have you led on 
earth that you should deserve all this bless- 
edness?'' 

And then I dream on and on, and I ask 
God to give me power and wisdom and the 
understanding to appreciate it all! Some- 
times Christ suddenly appears at my side 
and tenderly whispers: "Son, lovest thou 
me?" And I say, "Yea, Lord, thou know- 
est." And Christ says, "Then come with me 
and thine eyes shall behold greater glories !" 
And I follow Him and often am overcome 
by the magnificent loveliness and I have to 
rest. And I say, "Go, Christ, go thou for 
one who is more ready than I, for this day 
mine eyes have beheld such goodness as my 
mind cannot grasp in so short a space of 
time!" So Christ will leave me, and I will 
sit alone again and contemplate . . . 

Always after these experiences, I feel ex- 
cessive joy and power and a desire to see ac- 
complished what I have in mind; and then 



102 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

will follow busy days of glorious, ever more 
glorious work ! And so on and so on, world 
and world and world, without end or begin- 
ning! 

* * * 

Well, here I am again, Dot. I have come 
a long way to get this message through, but, 
believe me, I am on the job waiting for a call 
from my loved ones on earth! Poor old 
earth ! Dorothy, it's a good thing you don't 
see it all as I do, I guess. You'd feel that 
you wanted to kick somebody — excuse my 
homely English, but what I mean is this: 
God showers His eternal goodness upon you 
all, and none of you know enough to accept 
it gracefully. Why don't more people real- 
ize this and set something stirring? 

Why, do you know that it is actually a 
fact that there is nothing evil that really 
exists? And do you realize what this all 
means? Do you know that only goodness, 
goodness, goodness abounds, everywhere 
and in all places? That God is everywhere 
at all times? Do you? Do you know it? (I 
assured him that we were really trying our 
best to realize this, and asked him where he 
had been that it was necessary for him to 
come such a distance to get this message 
through.) 

I was allowed to go up to another sphere 
and there I saw what's coming to me in 
the near future! Listen, Dot; the sphere 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 103 

that I visited was all so light and splendid, 
and all the people there were so good, abso- 
lutely, that I felt rather out of place in the 
presence of such goodness, but that is the 
very reason Christ took me there. He said 
I was ready to behold a Promised Land, and 
to learn Goodness as God meant it to be. 
Well, I talked with everybody and got a lot 
of dope. And whom should I meet but moth- 
er's father and aunt there! I didn't see her 
mother, as she was off doing work on another 
sphere. Mother's father was so pleased to 
see me, as Grandma Pierce had told him 
about me. (Mother's father and mother had 
never seen Phil on earth.) We talked of 
everything. You can imagine how it was. 
Mother's aunt said it was a great privilege 
to be allowed to visit a higher sphere. 

Well, we all walked around and it was 
such a busy place ! You see, there is so much 
to be done! And the higher we go, the 
greater our work. The scenery w^as magni- 
ficent beyond description. At one time we 
stood on the bottom of a vast expanse of 
water, which was as crystal and clear as 
could be. It had a soothing effect, and gave 
me the feeling of God, Goodness, Ineffable 
Love, Joy! There were countless other 
people around, and the sight of their faces 
was an inspiration ! They were all filled with 
such Love and Joy that is boundless and im- 
possible to express — it is the kind that is 
great to such an extent, that it can be only 



104 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

felt. You see, gradually we become so that 
we feel, and so it is not necessary to voice 
our feelings or thoughts, for everyone feels 
the same. 

At another time we walked through a 
beautiful forest, and the trees were real 
trees — no imperfect leaves, but each leaf 
perfect; no broken bark, but bark intact, as 
God created and meant it to be; no dead 
branches. And the breeze rustled the leaves 
and made a sort of music, which made me 
so happy, that I cried — yes, cried — it was 
too much! 

And then we went into beautiful meadows 
where there were birds and flowers and many 
brooks flashing in the sunshine, and from 
these, too, came that wonderful music, prais- 
ing God and His Boundless Goodness to all 
men! Oh, Glory to God! I fell prostrate 
then, overpowered — I seemed to feel it all 
so plainly. And then Christ came and said, 
"I 'have much more to show you when you 
can bear it, my son. Follow me." 

And I followed Him, and, oh, Dot! He 
took my hand in His and led me as if I were 
a little child, and into my mind came the 
scripture: "He leadeth me beside still waters 
and pleasant places." And I thought of you 
all and I asked Christ if He thought you 
could understand all this, and, Dot dear, He 
turned to me and said: "I will reveal it unto 
them, for my sake. Lovest thou me?" I said, 
"Yea, Lord, more than all else. Show me 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 105 

the Father." And He said, "Whosoever hath 
seen Me, hath seen the Father, for I and my 
Father are one." 

But I was puzzled and He added, "Under- 
standest thou not that I am the Way to the 
Father?" And — God in Heaven! — I was 
lifted with Him into space and I clung to 
Him for Joy, and found myself in the Pres- 
ence, but the Light blinded me, and I shout- 
ed, "God! God! God! Reveal Thyself and 
take this blindness from my eyes!" 

And He answered my prayer — Dorothy, I 
saw God ! I cannot describe — I must stop — 
God is here — He calls — Heaven keep you — 

* * * 

(My grandmother on my mother's side, 
who died when mother was a little girl, came 
immediately in response to a call one eve- 
ning.) Well, here I am, dear child, (refer- 
ring to mother) ; I am your mother who left 
you so long ago. (Mother had not until now 
made any definite attempts to reach her 
mother.) I see that you are calling me, and 
I come to you bringing the love of a mother 
to your heart. I see your son and he shows 
what a mother you have been! He is a 
beautiful boy and I never thought I would 
see him here. I see you had named him for 
my husband and he does credit to the name. 
He is talking to me now and telling me all 
about your lovely family and his dear wife. 
He feels so happy to think that you all be- 
lieve this truth! 



106 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

My dear little girl, how can I express my 
joy at having you once more? I sometimes 
thought this time would never come. But 
God tells us that all will be well, and that 
every child of His creation will come to His 
Holy Will. Child, you must talk often with 
your mother and let me be a true and living 
mother to you, for you never knew a moth- 
er's love as you will, dear, now! I will be 
with you always and I will learn to know 
your son and lift him up to God. He will 
learn, oh, so quickly, for he is already doing 
so much good by bringing joy to the hearts 
of those who have passed the Valley of 
Death. "Yea, though I walk through the 
valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no 
evil." Philip's mission is to fulfill these 
words. 

He is anxious that I should tell him things 
about my life on a higher plane, so I must 
leave you for a little while and minister to 
his needs and answer his questions. I think 
his eyes are yours; he says they are, also his 
hair — his whole self is a beautiful revelation 
of what a man my little girl has brought in- 
to being! . . . 



(Asking for information on the subject of 
death from one whom I considered good 
authority, I received this reply:) Oh, my 
dear, dear child, striving to reach out for 
God's jewels ! Keep on, push on, never faint, 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 107 

and He will drop His Holy treasures into 
thine uplifted palm. Oh, sing and shout and 
praise our God Almighty, for great is He 
above all and all, and there is none beside 
Him! 

Death, death, death, the folly of the 
world sets thee on high and enthrones thee 
and would place the crown of victory upon 
thy hoary head! But the children of Light 
shall enter where thou sittest, and shall tear 
down the altar which has been consecrated 
to this awful unreality, this powerless fugi- 
tive from God. Death, thy power shall be 
set at naught forevermore! 

Raise the dead — raise them that sleep, for 
the power of death is set at naught when one 
ray of God's Light enters to strip off its dis- 
guise. Beware of the lion in sheep's cloth- 
ing! Death, mighty spectre of the result of 
sin, let us drive it from the portals of our 
thought, and fasten well the brazen gates 
of Truth and Life, against which all the 
tumult and power of hell cannot prevail ! 
Oh, be not afraid, ye of the world, but rest, 
rest in Christ Jesus, and worship the Lord 
God Everlasting! 

Thy brother lives, and I see him and help 
him and bear him often to the Lamb, who 
loves us all; and then we talk of God's won- 
derful works to all men — and we talk of His 
Divine and Holy Will of Good for all. Re- 
joice! for death is no more, and beside God 
there is none. And man, even though he 



108 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

choose to die, yet shall he live, for so com- 
mands the God of Love ! Amen forever ! 
Peace to all the world, which is from ever- 
lasting to everlasting, from them that sit in 
the seats of Eternity, where are thought 
eternal thoughts and where Eternity sits in 
its entireness. 



PART FOUR 

"Now upon the first day of the week, very 
early in the morning, they came to the 
sepulchre, bringing the spices which they 
had prepared, and certain others with them. 
And they found the stone rolled away from 
the sepulchre. And they entered in and 
found not the body of the Lord Jesus. 

"And it came to pass, as they were much 
perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood 
by them in shining garments : And as they 
were afraid, and bowed down their faces to 
the earth, they said unto them, Why seek 
ye the living among the dead? He is not 
here, but is risen: remember how he spake 
unto you while he was yet in Galilee. 

"And they remembered his words, And 
returned from the sepulchre, and told all 
these things unto the eleven, and to all the 
rest. And their words seemed to them as 
idle tales, and they believed them not. Then 
arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and 
stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes 
laid by themselves, and departed, wonder- 
ing in himself at that which was come to 
pass. 

"And, behold, two of them went that same 
day to a village called Emmaus, which was 
from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs. 



110 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

And it came to pass, that, while they com- 
muned together and reasoned, Jesus him- 
self drew near, and went with them. But 
their eyes were holden that they should not 
know him. 

"And they drew nigh unto the village, 
whither they went: and he made as though 
he would have gone further. But they con- 
strained him, saying, Abide with us : And he 
went in to tarry with them. And it came to 
pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took 
bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to 
them. And their eyes were opened, and 
they knew him; and he vanished out of 
their sight. And they rose up the same hour, 
and returned to Jerusalem, and found the 
eleven gathered together, and them that 
were with them, Saying, The Lord is risen 
indeed, and hath appeared to Simon. 

"And as they thus spake, Jesus himself 
stood in the midst of them, and saith unto 
them, Peace be unto you. But they were 
terrified and affrighted, and supposed that 
they had seen a spirit. And he said unto 
them, Why are ye troubled? and why do 
thoughts arise in your hearts? Behold my 
hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle 
me, and see, for a spirit hath not flesh and 
bones as ye see me have." 

(Luke XXIV). 



CHAPTER ONE 

Dot, I know that everything seems to be 
in great confusion on the earth, but it will 
not last for long. I think that the time for 
perfection, demonstrated in all, is not far 
off. But of course, there is a chance that I 
may be mistaken as we see everything here 
in its finality as purposed in the mind of our 
Heavenly Father. So if there is anything 
in the scriptures that puzzles you, as unful- 
filled prophecies for good, etc., you must 
know the reason for it. 

(I interrupted Phil here to ask him from 
w^hat source they derive their information.) 
Well, that is a pretty big question to answer 
all at once. I hardly know where to begin. 
First of all, we have teachers who meet us 
shortly after or at the time of our passing, 
as the case needs. If we are ready to learn, 
that is, if we do not need rest as do many 
after they first come over, we are instructed 
immediately concerning the change. The 
teachers come from higher planes, one plane 
higher if we are ready for just that much 
advancement, and two or more planes higher 
if we are able to spiritually grasp the knowl- 
edge and revelation. 

("Phil," I said, "describe other things, 
scenes that you see. It is so good to know 



112 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

what you are seeing." I had the impression 
at the close of my question that an instruc- 
tor wished to reply, and I gave my assent. 
Accordingly, a new personality controlled.) 
All is beyond the vision and intelligence of 
the finite senses, things of the imagination, 
things unreal, and not of truth. According 
as you develop spiritually, you will grow to 
comprehend heavenly scenes which are daily 
disclosed to your seeingless eyes. In all 
reality, the finite does not comprehend 
the infinite; therefore, the infinite cannot 
relate to the finite the realities of eter- 
nity. But the finite may parallel with 
the infinite, and in this way the direction or 
meaning of things of eternity and of all 
reality shall be made manifest to those tied 
to the finite. Therefore, see thou in all 
things finite the infinite, for when thou do- 
est this, the finite merges into the infinite, 
and so man merges into God. God is Life, 
and Life is God and God is greater than Life, 
for He is the Maker of it. The Maker is 
greater than His creation. God manifests 
Himself only in His own creations, for all 
that is made, is made by Him. This is the 
Love of God, to be in His creation and in His 
Will. An instructor." 

(I felt the instructor withdraw and Phil 
came.) It seems to me that you could all do 
no better than to live constantly where you 
can get glimpses of the Lord in creation. 
You must take advantage of everything you 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 113 

have which tends to add to your spiritual 
happiness, for that is God's idea in putting 
things before man's eyes to enjoy, such as 
beautiful spots on earth, lovely sunsets, 
colorings, etc. In reality you are doing Him 
a service when you take advantage of His 
creation and show your appreciation of the 
same by living where you can see it as God 
originally created it. 

Of course, no matter where you are, you 
will find people, and if you look for it, you 
can find God in each one, and without look- 
ing far. The only necessary condition to 
seeing God in a person, is to manifest Him 
in yourself. For if you see Him in yourself, 
you will feel His Holy Influence which is 
certainly bound to have a divine and ever- 
lasting beneficial effect upon your very soul ! 
To feel God is really the same as seeing Him, 
so far as the subjective effect is concerned. 



(One day I again gave up my pencil to 
anyone who had an uplifting message to 
give.) To whom it may concern: let this be 
a sign unto you that it shall be put into the 
mouths of babes to declare the Glory of God 
and His Son, Christ. All hail the power 
w T hich shall transcend the understanding of 
a foolish man, but the wise man shall inter- 
pret and thereby receive the benediction of 
God. (Not knowing, of course, who the 
writer was, I made a suggestion.) No, I am 



114 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

not he, but I am a true follower and wor- 
shiper of Him who sits on High and who is 
the kind and loving administrator of the 
Eternal Universe. Why must ye always 
know who speaks for your God? I am one 
who asks in His name and who receives and 
gives for His sake. (I expressed an under- 
standing of his attitude and words.) You 
interpret well, child, and your understand- 
ing will always be enlightened according to 
the strength of your holy desire. 

(I might here add, by way of explanation, 
that the assertion "that it shall be put into 
the mouths of babes to declare the Glory of 
God" was a direct answer to my mental 
question. Previous to taking this message, 
one of Phil's little daughters, only three 
years old, had talked to me steadily under in- 
spiration for two hours, without experienc- 
ing the slightest fatigue. Her little face 
shone with an expression which I can only 
describe as "Heavenly." I do not as yet feel 
that the time has come when I shall be able 
to give the world the marvelous truths which 
this child revealed. Suffice it to say, she had 
received no suggestion from us concerning 
any of this truth.) 



(Concerning the location of Heaven, I re- 
ceived the following from Phil:) It is right 
here where you and I are. It is rather hard 
to explain, but the earth plane begins the 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 115 

thing, and on that evolves the next plane, 
and on that the next, and so on and so on to 
the infinite or highest sphere, which is on 
the plane of Light Everlasting, where is God, 
the center of the whole, wonderful, self- 
evolved scheme! 

Don't let this worldly stuff get you; just 
go easy and know that it will come out all 
right. I know what I am saying; and I will 
get you to feel the ultimate outcome of 
things, of the perfection of the whole uni- 
verse! 

Whenever you take a pencil, it's like turn- 
ing the knob and pulling open the door. I 
stand on the other side of that door, dear, 
and I can look through and see you. For 
God's sake, open the door and let me talk to 
you, for even though I shout, you cannot 
hear me so long as the door is closed, and 
remember — you are the one who has the 
key; for if I were to open the door from my 
side and cross the threshold to you, you 
would not see or feel me. So God arranges 
that you on the earth plane shall be the hold- 
ers of the key which opens the door to His 
Glory and Peace. So fling it wide, and great 
will be the joy of all who dare to enter and 
inquire in His Holy Temple! 

Behold! Christ Jesus will greet you and 
show you the way, and death is not a libera- 
tor but a gaoler which binds mortal believers 
to the prison of their mortal beliefs. You 
must deny the fact of death and look now for 



116 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

revelations entirely beyond my power to re- 
veal or even describe ! But I shall try my 
best to make you feel it as I do! God keep 
you 'til we speak again to each other ! 

>K * * 

Well, I could talk to you forever, but I 
know that I must not. We had such a won- 
derful demonstration of Christ's Love today ! 
A man who had blasphemed came here from 
the earth with blasphemy still on his lips. 
Christ held him close and whispered, "Love 
me, for I love you." The poor guy was all 
broken up and tried to explain that he ought 
to be sent to hell, but Christ said, "Son, there 
is no hell outside of the gates of your own 
remorse !" That got the fellow, and he asked 
Christ what under heaven he could do to 
recompense, and Christ said, "Walk with me 
through Paradise and I will show all things 
unto you whereby you shall be made pure 
and holy in the sight of God !" 

This is only one of the millions of exam- 
ples we have of Christ's love toward man. 
Oh, love Him always! Be happy and prove 
thereby that you believe in Him and in the 
Goodness of the Father. 

God keep you all, and give you peace; and 
may He reveal unto you the glories of 
heaven, such as will give you joy and peace 
and love forever and forever. Amen. 

* * * 

God's man is what you see, body and soul 



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and mind, all being one. So see God in His 
handiwork, and you will see us, not as filmy' 
unrealities, but as real as you are, and more 
real ! You will see us just as we are and 
were — as for clothes, we can appear in any 
attire we wish, but here we are draped in 
filmy white as a rule, and according to our 
faith and understanding, our bodies become 
beautified. 

The heavenly state is a wonderful place 
to be in. I call it a "state" because it is a 
state of mind. The locality seems to change, 
but in reality it is the mind that has changed. 
All here is harmony. Imagine a place where 
everything is actually Peace and Music! 
We learn much from music, by just listen- 
ing to it, and thus much is imbibed of life or 
God. To impart to you an idea of this life 
is really very hard, for as I said before, it is 
more of a mental state than an actuality, as 
you would see it, but all the more true, eter- 
nal, everlasting, and indestructible, for that 
very reason, and all the more chance for a 
person to increase in Life and Power. 

The hell of the Bible is merely the condi- 
tion of a person's own conscience, the same 
as Heaven, the one being the reverse of the 
other. Heaven is positive and hell is nega- 
tive. Heaven is growth in Spirituality, a 
mental concept of God, or the understanding 
of His truths. Hell, then, is merely the re- 
verse. To be in hell is to be shut out from 
the sight of God. Hell is a condition, the 



118 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

state of a person's own mind, that's all. All 
who do not look on life in the Light are in 
hell, to a greater or less degree. Hell is not 
a place and never was. All is progress and 
an increase of life. I hope I make myself 
clear to you. A thought is more than words : 
think right now — you often have a concep- 
tion or an understanding of something; still 
to put it into words is an impossibility. 
Thoughts are more expressive than words. 
Here we seldom resort to language — we, by 
the use of the power of God, project our 
thoughts one to the other. The result of 
this is, of course, death to deceit, 

A thought is like an impression, or possi- 
bly a feeling, if the impression is very 
strong; and so once a person has mastered 
this thought-getting and thought-giving 
without the aid of spoken language, it is easy 
to impart further knowledge or information 
in its exact truth. Only the truth may be 
imparted from one person to another by 
thought, whereas words are often the cloak 
which conceals the truth. 

(Constance asked if she could be where he 
was.) Surely, but there is only one way to 
do that. Never forget this : there is but one 
life and that is eternal. If you were to die 
tomorrow, so to speak, you would still be in 
the same mental state, excepting that mis- 
taken ideas or error destroy themselves. 
Only the real part of you would remain. 
When a person starts to progress in truth, 



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it is impossible to go back. This may seem 
strange, but it is so. So, then, there is no 
death, except to things which have no real- 
ity or immortality. Yes, you could be where 
I am, and death, so-called, is not that which 
will bind us, but what can bring us together 
is mentality, understanding, light concern- 
ing things now unseen. And this you will 
attain if you will persist, for thus is the last 
enemy of man destroyed! 

To understand why at present I am on this 
plane and you on another, is to understand 
the law of God. So strive to understand 
Him. To do this, we must grow, our capa- 
city must increase eternally. If God is eter- 
nal and infinite, then so are His laws. We 
must look on life, then, from an eternal 
standpoint, without beginning and without 
end. To comprehend it actually, we must 
deny the finite, mortal, and that which 
changes; for the things of God change not. 

To comprehend and live in the infinite or 
eternal life is the present privilege of all. It 
is to realize as perfect all things, and, be- 
lieving, to see as accomplished that which is 
to be in eternity. There is no time nor space, 
nothing to traverse, so you see, to realize the 
Infinite which is God, and to believe, is to 
have. To believe is to have — did not Christ 
say this while on the earth plane? and did 
He not illustrate the meaning of belief by 
His so-called miracles, which in reality were 
not miracles at all, but all the normal work- 



120 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

ings of God's laws for His children ! With- 
out results there could have been no belief, in 
the truest sense of the word. People claim 
to believe, but do they strive to put that be- 
lief into action? An idea in the mind of man 
verges into belief, and belief into action when 
man accepts the bounties of God. To ac- 
cept a thing we must reach for it. There is 
no tyrannical force about God, nothing but 
love — and love does not intrude or put in 
bondage. 

Sing, angels of God! For we are happy 
eternally, and are working out God's own 
Plan for the world, which is Love consum- 
mated in service, each with the other. Amer 

and Amen. 

* * * 

So glad for another chance to get a word 
through. I wish that you were with me in 
this state for a while, just to see what it is 
like. I heard you discussing associations 
and companionships in this state. Only 
those, as I tried to explain before, are asso- 
ciated at first who are kindred spirits, but 
gradually all men grow together in perfec- 
tion. It is mortal mind, or the mind per- 
verted, which seems to differentiate men. 
However, all are of the one God, and God is 
no respecter of persons. 

I see you and am with you a great part of 
the time, and I do not despair of making you 
feel my presence. I know I do already, to 
a certain extent, but I want you to feel me 



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more, so that I can help you more. All 
weariness, as you know, is in the mind, and if 
I can get into your mind also, I can put that 
out, with the help of God and in His Name 
always, for God alone is Love, and through 
the agency of this love are accomplished 
the wonders to the men of the earth! To 
believe is to have, and to have, we must reach 
out!. So in order to have, you must believe 
as true that which you wish to have right 
now. It's hard to explain belief, but that's 
the idea. 

Here is another way to look at it — God 
has been bounteous and given to all men. 
He is no respecter of persons. So, then, men 
in their benefits are in equality as far as God 
is concerned. So what you need and want 
is yours, but you must see it and reach out 
for it. 

Tell all people that love is a big universal 
thing. It is a thing which you all understand 
only in a very small degree. Now, love is 
really a condition of the mind — you have 
often felt it in the midst of a crowd, how you 
loved them all, each one ! Perhaps the feel- 
ing was only temporary, but you felt it just 
the same. Well, in a very small degree, that 
is what we feel continually. 

Tell Constance that she will feel the same 
way when her state of mind becomes like 
mine. Oh, you will be far happier when you 
are ready to give love, love, love, than when 
you are so narrow with it and are keeping it 



122 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

for just a few. Love, to be real, has to be 
big, because can't you see the minute it be- 
comes a narrow, cramped thing, it ceases to 
be love? You will all have to learn what 
love universal is. Now, the love for kindred 
can be selfish or unselfish. It is selfish if 
you so bind yourself up in it that you neglect 
the welfare of others, who are not kindred 
according to man's law; because you must 
remember that according to God's law, all 
men are kindred. But if you have the right 
love for kin, that very love ennobles and 
enlarges your character and makes you long 
to do for others as you would for your own ! 
Can you imagine Christ's way of loving? 
He loved His Mother and His sisters and 
brothers, and yet He gave all for God — still 
He loved His kindred more deeply than any 
after Him have loved theirs ! It does not 
take from the love of kin to bestow it upon 
others, but as I said before, that very love 
must be the seed of greater love. 

* * * 

(The following conversation is recorded 
as it occurred, P. indicating Philip, D. indi- 
cating myself.) 

D. Coming over the hill today, I noticed 
so much in nature that was faded and for- 
lorn appearing — it seemed so out of keeping 
with the newness of spring. 

P. Yes, and yet there is nothing faded or 
forlorn in God's Kingdom. 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 123 

D. Do you not see dead leaves, broken 
twigs, etc.? 

P. Sometimes — it depends upon my state 
of mind. If I am very near my earthly idea 
of things, things appear earthly; but if I in- 
spire myself by my surroundings, all is 
changed in the twinkling of an eye, and again 
I see the universe as perfect as God has 
created it from the beginning. And so it 
shall be throughout all eternity. 

D. How does the evolution theory work 
in such a scheme of things? If all is per- 
fect as it now is, there is no evolutionary 
development possible, is there? 

P. Well, a tree is a tree, a rock a rock, 
a bird a bird, and a man a man, forever and 
forever — yet the perfect tree, the perfect 
rock, the perfect bird, the perfect man, are 
all developing according to man's vision; but 
God's vision of them all is already perfect, 
and so for Him there is no evolution, but ac- 
complished perfection. 

When God looks at an oak, He does not 
see merely something huge growing out of 
the ground, with branches, trunk, etc. He 
sees more in that oak tree alone than most 
men see in the whole universe! The same 
with each thing of His creation. So when 
we come to conceive of His idea of man, the 
highest of His creations and the most like 
Himself, you can readily see or imagine how 
inconceivably, infinitely marvelous and love- 
ly such an idea would be! Man is really a 



124 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

wonderful thing. He has power over all 
other things of creation and he can subject 
all things to his will, so long as his will is 
holy and good, and so long as his purpose is 
to seek the Father by living the life of the 
Son. Oh, God be praised! His boundless 
goodness extends to the farthest realms of 
glory ! 

D. Phil, dear, do you ever see darkness 
in your state of mind? Or is it true, as the 
scriptures say: "There is no night there"? 

P. I have never seen any darkness since 
I have been here, but I think that in some 
parts there is night. You see, the darkness 
offsets the light, makes a background for it, 
and so in this way accentuates the light 
which is everywhere present. 

D. You mean, then, that some places 
are always light, while others have light in 
the darkness? 

P. Yes, exactly, but I have seen only 
light. 

D. Why haven't you seen any darkness? 

P. Because I have had enough of that — 
it seems to me that I cannot get enough 
light. I am too new here. Only those who 
have been here a long time can bear the 
darkness. 

D. You mean that it is depressing? 

P. No, but it is not so positive as light, 
and we all need positiveness now if ever. 

D. To whom do you refer? 



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P. To people like myself who have so 
much to learn. 

D. And what about rain and snow? Do 
you ever have either? 

P. Yes, oh yes! But we are never hin- 
dered by them in our work, or annoyed in 
any way. Why, I never saw such marvelous 
snow-storms as we have here — they are 
beautiful — so radiant and soft — it is indes- 
cribable! They are just like your storms, 
only we can appreciate and interpret. 

D. And the rain — is it for beauty or util- 
ity? 

P. Well for both, just like snow — it fur- 
nishes water for our lakes and rivers, etc., 
but we don't need it for cultivating, or for 
washing or drinking as you do. All things 
here are spotlessly clean, and our garments 
dazzling white — always. I have never yet 
seen one atom of filth or dirt here. 

D. This question may seem rather crude, 
but it is interesting to know — about your 
hair — does it continue to grow? 

P. There is no hair on our faces as on 
earth, unless we wish it, but it grows thick 
on our heads. Each man works out his own 
idea of beauty: some have beards, and others 
are clean-shaven. Some have short hair and 
others very long, but there is never an over- 
abundance or under-abundance. 



CHAPTER TWO 

(The next day Phil and I continued our 
conversation.) 

P. A great many things are going to be 
proved which will show that this wonderful 
power of communication can be developed 
to a great degree. You have no idea what 
it can lead to, and yet you will soon see that, 
looking back, it will have led you into paths 
beauteous with the Joy of knowledge and 
the Peace of understanding! 

I am so full of this overwhelming sense of 
love and God's great Power and Good Will 
and Tenderness to all men, that the idea of 
the thing often overpowers me, and even at 
times blurs my vision of the way-marks to 
Perfection. What I mean is that the goal is 
so clear to me, that the path to the goal seems 
all too long and useless. And yet I know 
that without traversing this path, no man 
finds the Father. You see, I want things too 
fast, before I understand them. Christ tells 
me all is love, beauty, and goodness, and I 
would rather take Him at His Holy word, 
and build on that, than try to work it out in 
my life. 

D. In other words, you want to jump to 
your conclusions rather than work them out ? 

P. Yes, but that is not God's way. Christ 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 127 

often says, "Have patience, son; run the pace 
that is set for you, and trust the Father to 
reveal all in His time." However, it is not 
that I don't trust Him, but I bank all on trust 
because I see that a man can easily do this. It 
is as though a man wanted something all 
his life, and suddenly saw it set before him. 
He would wish to take it at once, of course; 
would he care how it came? Espec- 
ially if he knew the Giver was All-Power 
and a Perfect Giver? 

Well, so it is with me; but I am ever learn- 
ing the laws and understanding God's idea 
better and better — that is the duty of each 
of us, and no matter how long delayed, every 
man must come by this truth ! All men must 
at some time believe the truth, and in pro- 
portion as they believe it here and now, so 
shall they demonstrate it in their lives. You 
can pick them out, just as Christ did. He 
chose His following, you will remember, 
and even they could not endure unto the end, 
so don't be discouraged when others don't 
believe this. Besides, doubt kills our power 
and influence. 

Oh, Dot, I am doing so many things, that 
it is hard to tell you of them all as I would 
like to. I am both scholar and teacher. I see 
and understand things which others do not, 
and others see and understand what I don't. 
And so it goes, one helping the other — all 
helping God! 

I have traveled over so many places and 



128 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

haven't begun to see what there is to see. 
Somebody takes a trip and, returning, urges 
me to take it; somebody else does the same 
thing, and so on and so on, until I am almost 
distracted deciding where I should go first. 
My thoughts haven't been on travel so much 
as others', though, for I have been spending* 
most of my time in study. I read a little and 
attend lectures, but I gain most of my knowl- 
edge through music, (oh, such music as we 
hear!), or else I go ofif alone with an instruc- 
tor to some very beautiful quiet place, and 
there I learn to develop my spiritual sight 
and mind. 

And, oh, Dorothy! returning from such 
talks, I hardly know the paths over which I 
came, for all has become so gloriously more 
beautiful! I see so much that I did not see 
before. Why, I am beginning now to see the 
earth as a wonderful place of Light and 
Beauty! All its filth and ugly places are 
constantly vanishing into their original noth- 
ingness, for who has created all this filth and 
ugliness? God? Never! Man, then? No, 
for man has power to create only what he 
can see in his error. Truth never sees man's 
creations. 

On the other hand, all that man demon- 
strates of God, in music and art and con- 
struction and right-thinking, become eter- 
nal creations, but even these are God's crea- 
tions really, for man manifests and demon 
strates ideas already in the God-Mind, Who 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 129 

alone knows and creates all. That is what 
Christ meant when He said, "It is not I who 
doeth the works, but my Father in me." 

If ever you look at a beautiful thing, or 
hear an inspiring theme, you will know that 
you are listening to the still small voice — 
and man is but the instrument of that voice. 
That is why it is so important that each of 
us should bring to life our noblest thoughts 
and ambitions. They are Heaven-sent, sent 
for a purpose, namely, to be made manifest 
to those of mankind who do not know a par- 
ticular beautiful inspiration that may come 
to another. It is thus that God disseminates 
Himself, so to speak. To one He gives a 
talent for one thing; to another, a different 
talent, but all work out the God-character 
in its unity. 

D. And what of a talent one may wish 
to possess, but does not? 

P. It may all be had for the asking, for 
all things are possible to the Giver of all! 

D. It is a wonderful universe, indeed! I 
suppose, then, that those to whom no talent, 
seems to have been given, really possess it,, 
but it is still latent? 

P. Exactly. 

D. About sickness — do you see it in 
people who have passed on? 

P. All is becoming perfect to my sight, 
especially in the light of my new understand- 
ing that sickness is the illusion of the senses. 
It really can take no hold of a man's bodv if 



130 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

he can believe this way. But all people are 
not the same — "As a man thinketh in his 
heart, so is he/' It makes no difference what 
religion you profess — the fact remains that 
you have or have not God's power to do. It's 
always hard for us to understand creeds as 
you differentiate them on earth, because we 
have no such differences here. 

There is simply one Holy Truth, and that 
is to follow Christ. He has marked the way 
for us; that was why He came to earth. But 
man has always kept the Christ-life in the 
background, in the face of bringing his own 
idea of life to the fore. You see the result : 
one of the most direful results is that man 
has created death for himself. God taught 
that man was deathless, and made him so. 
but man has for thousands of years been 
growing away from that idea, until finally 
things came to such a pass that God sent 
His Son to prove again the deathlessness and 
blessedness of life. 

Still we see the result : man even tried to 
show God that he could kill His Son by cruci- 
fying Him ! God allowed His Son three days 
in the tomb to prove to man that with all 
his force and wrong material ideas of death 
and burial, that neither one nor the other 
could stop the eternal breath of life. 

And, behold, on the third day He arose! 
And did man believe even then? Not all be- 
lieved, and others had first to be convinced 
by signs from Heaven, which gave them the 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 131 

understanding. Christ ascended from their 
sight — so goes the Bible story — and to this 
day the Christ of many has ascended, and 
man cannot soar with Him, because he is 
blinded by his gross understanding. Oh, be 
not like unto these, but stand looking up — 
life up your hearts and souls and minds to 
see the Christ Radiant Above, where He sits 
with the Father Eternally! 

"And I, if I be lifted up, shall draw all 
men unto me/' are His own words — sweet 
words of compassion, mercy, tenderness, 
love! Never be discouraged of the vision, 
for if you do see but darkly now, the 
greater shall be the Joy of the Light ! So 
have patience and develop your mind, your 
spirit, and watch and hope and pray that 
your eyes may be opened forever to see Him ! 



(A very dear friend, referred to in a pre- 
ceding letter, writes concerning her life:) I 
am meeting so many dear people who passed 
into this life long before I did — some of 
them died when I was only a child, and I 
knew of them only through my mother or 
father. But, oh, how good it seems to see 
them now! I never realized before what it 
meant to love and be loved by so many dear 
ones, all of God's own making! Oh, the 
sweetness of this life is almost overpower- 
ing! I sleep quite a bit, for it is all so new, 
and it seems to tire me a little to adjust my 



132 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

mind to such a new and perfect and glorious 
condition of things! 

I am trying also to teach others what is 
the essence of love, those who do not know 
what it is to love or be loved. And that is 
how I learn of love myself, by explaining it 
to others. The Apostle, John, is the great 
teacher of this crowning virtue, and he is the 
one who tells me, when there is something 
more I would learn of love. 

(I asked, "You mean that you have seen 
the disciple, John, the beloved, and that he 
teaches you?") Yes; does that surprise you? 
You will notice that little children are his 
charges, and they will speak of him. (Philip's 
little daughter often mentions John, and so I 
replied, "I know what you mean. I have 
heard them/') 

And, Dorothy, if you could only see how 
gentle and loving he is! I have seen him 
clasp children to his breast and comfort 
them as a mother would — children who have 
died frightened, or by some unnatural 
means. Such as these, John is sent to, and 
even to older people who pass over in such 
a way; because he has a tender way which 
is his special talent in dealing with afflicted 
ones. Of course, sometimes their own 
parents or family are here to do such a ser- 
vice; it depends upon the individual case. 

I have spent a great deal of my time with 
John, and I find that in his presence my mind 
becomes remarkably illumined — sometimes 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 133 

he does not even need to speak, because I get 
the thought as he flashes it to me. And then 
I will ask him questions and he will answer, 
just as any teacher and pupil discuss a prob- 
lem. It is all so sweet and normal and good 
— I can hardly believe it ! 

Sometimes I awake, startled, fearing that 
It has all been a dream, but always John or 
some other loving teacher is there to reas- 
sure me of the truth. God help you to feel 
it all as I do, dear. My constant thought is 
of you, hoping that speedily your mind, too, 
may be relieved and illumined as is mine! 
Goodbye for a little while. I shall send you 
another letter soon. In the meantime, know 
that I am actually with you, radiant and 
beautiful in my Father's House f orevermore ! 



(I have often asked Phil for information 
as to what one should study on earth in or- 
der to most fully develop real spirituality 
and a knowledge of realities.) If you will 
open up your mind to my influence, I can 
make you understand many important 
things. At first it may be difficult for you 
to grasp them, but you must open the 
valve, as it were, and let the flood of knowl- 
edge pour in. All knowledge is from God — 
remember that — and don't think that Heaven 
is a mere Sunday School class, by any man- 
ner of means ! If it were not for Heaven, 
there would be no institutions of learning. 



134 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

There is no knowledge on earth but what has 
come from the Source of all. Look to your 
Heavenly Father, your own God, when you 
would know anything, from how to pass a 
current of electricity, to the proper method 
of taking silk from a cocoon and making it 
into cloth! 

Any piece of work, any piece of art, or any 
piece of literature, all are but foretastes of 
that greater work, that greater art, that 
greater literature, which flow from the Di- 
vine Spring that waters all the earth. 

I have been interested in hearing you all 
talk of the birds and their morning and eve- 
ning songs. The reason for the morning 
song is simply to cheer man, upon his wak- 
ing into the new day, and in the evening to 
remind him again that life is but a song. 
All day long the birds seek to explain joy to 
man; the first thing man hears in the morn- 
ing is this song of joy, and at night the same 
little message of cheer is brought to him by 
these wonderful little songsters! 

I inquired about this, because I heard you 
questioning about it. It is just one of the 
many signs that God is Joy. Man proves 
that God is Love. Flowers prove that He is 
Beauty. The sun, moon, and stars prove 
that He is Light. 



(One morning shortly after we had pur- 
chased a little puppy, I had a strong impres- 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 135 

sion that Phil wanted to tell me something 
about the dog. I tried to dismiss the idea, 
however, as it seemed rather absurd to me 
that he should wish to communicate con- 
cerning so trivial a matter. That same eve- 
ning I wrote as usual, and the following came 
through:) 

P. I was trying to tell you this morning 
that I have already seen Dad's dog here in 
his maturity before he was born on earth. 

D. That seems rather peculiar. Are all 
animals matured in that state before enter- 
ing this? 

P. Yes, but I never noticed it before. 

D. Then it naturally follows that all life, 
animal, vegetable, and mineral, matures in 
the heavenly state before its appearance on 
earth. 

P. Yes. 

D. Has man lived with God in his matur- 
ity before being born here? 

P. Man has always existed as a matured 
idea to God and as clearly visible to Him be- 
fore his birth on the earth, as he is should he 
return to Him in his maturity after several 
years of earthly life. 

D. Then God actually saw you, the grown 
man, before you were born on earth? 

P. Yes. 

D. And the same holds true of all life, you 
say? 

P. It does so far as God is concerned, 
and those who are spiritually developed 



136 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

enough to perceive the fact of life everlast- 
ing. 

D. How was it that you happened to see 
our dog? 

P. Someone called my attention to a dog 
that was running near us, and said, "See 
that dog? Well, he is going to belong to 
your dad." 

"What do you mean?" I exclaimed, for I 
thought he might mean the dog would be 
dad's when he came over — I was puzzled. 

"He is going to be born on earth soon and 
your dad is going to buy him." 

It sounded rather foolish to me, and I 
didn't think much more about it until I saw 
dad buying the dog. First I got his inten- 
tion, and it sure was interesting to stand by 
while he was picking out the very dog he 
was destined to choose! 

D. That sounds as though all our acts 
were destined. 

P. No, man is a free-will agent, but what 
his choice shall be is already known by God. 
When anyone is said to prophecy, he is sim- 
ply stating what a man's choice shall be in 
the future. 

Get this straight: God sees man before 
his birth on earth, perfect and eternal. 

D. Do others see also? 

P. Yes, if they are sufficiently spiritual; 
but God sees first. It is not a privilege, but a 
law which works automatically. God sees 
first — then anyone who is spiritual enough 



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may see. Some do and some don't. God has 
nothing to do with it. Man works out his 
own development. 

Here is an explanation of man's creation: 
God conceives an idea of a man or woman. 
He then proceeds to manifest it in perfec- 
tion here. After He has breathed upon His 
child the breath of life, birth occurs. The 
rest you know, except that man should never 
age or grow old, but he should attain matur- 
ity and so remain forever and forever, per- 
fect and eternal. But his spiritual develop- 
ment never ceases, never, for such is the 
reason and purpose of life, and each must 
fully manifest Him some day, according to 
the spirit of the man. . . . 

(Here my pencil paused, and I knew that 
Phil was thinking of something different:) 
It was just a year ago today that I managed 
to get word through that medium in — to 
mother that I was really alive and well and 
happy here. What a course of events have 
taken place since then, and what a course of 
events is to follow! 

What the world needs is constructive 
thinkers, builders, makers-anew! Oh, if 
people would only become more imbued with 
the spirit of hope and faith in the things still 
unseen by them ! And yet these very unseen 
things are continually being manifested! It 
seems to me that that very fact would make 
them more real. For instance, suppose that 
you awake in the night and it is so dark 



138 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

that you can see nothing — yet you know 
that you are in your own room, although you 
do not at all see it. Now light floods the 
room and you see it all plainly— yet your 
mind may be ill at ease, perhaps, and longs 
to be with one who is not there. Does not 
that room begin to assume a certain unreal- 
ity? 

This, of course, is a very simple statement 
of the fact that the things which are seen 
are the unreal and temporary, while the 
things which are unseen are the real and the 
eternal. It is probably easier for me to see 
this than it is for you, because that is exactly 
what has been so clearly proved to me. The 
things which to me were always real and 
substantial are now merging into the unreal 
and the unsubstantial, and vice-versa. Mat- 
ter, for example, at one time mastered my 
sense of God and His Power of transcend- 
ence to and permeation through all things. 
This is not Pantheism, Mind in matter, but 
Mind in Mind-Manifest. The universe and 
every so-called material object in it is not 
really consistent of matter but of Mind made 
manifest; a house is the manifestation of 
the mind of an architect, a book is the 
manifestation of the mind of an author, 
a tree, flower, animal, or a man, or any 
living thing, are all manifestations of 
the Mind of God. Notice the difference here 
between the God-Mind and the man-mind: 
one creates life, the other death — for all that 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 139 

man creates shall return to its manifestation 
of the God-Mind. 

Of course, as I have before explained, this 
would not hold true of a man-made beauti- 
ful work of art, that is, if it is beautiful in a 
divine sense. For it is here that man reflects 
the God-Mind. But a house as a house, a 
book as a book, a picture as a picture, are all 
short-lived; whereas the idea which pro- 
duced the house, book, or picture beautiful, 
will continue in its work of higher and ever 
higher manifestation of self, until it reaches 
the perfect state where it ceases to need 
manifestation, being the sum of the perfect 
man. 

D. Is absolute perfection of man ever 
reached? 

P. Why, yes, of course! But man will 
never be God, that is, of like power with God, 
for God created man, and this is the only 
power of God which man shall never attain, 
the creation of self or the universe — God is 
the creator of all. He will continue to be 
the Father and Creator of all, but man, even 
the perfect man, shall never cease to be most 
active throughout all eternity. Indeed, God 
Himself, is ever active for there is always 
work to do teaching others. 

Christ is the Head Teacher of all, for He 
is the Son of God. 

The mission of the Virgin Mary is to 
teach true motherhood and womanhood. You 
know there are some women who do not 



140 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

measure up to the mark of their creation. 
Mary, the Mother of Christ, inspires and 
teaches such as these, and behold! all is Per- 
fect and Pure in the Sight of God ! A woman 
can do no better than to be a woman, the es- 
sence of tenderness and sweetness; and the 
duty of a man is to be one ! I have seen more 
spineless males made men than you can 
imagine ! 

May God continue to inspire in you all the 
truths of Light and Perfect Love, which 
alone endure unto the end ! 



EPILOGUE 

(In this last message of Phil's I hope that 
any who read may interpret, for I believe it 
is a summing up of much that he has said. 
I hope that all will apply the truths individ- 
ually, for I am very sure it was his intention 
in giving it so.) I often wonder just when 
all things will be understood by mankind. 
It seems to me that God could hustle along 
the perfection of man if He would. He 
thinks, however, that men must work out 
the thing individually and not as a whole. 
All of you who believe in this power are be- 
ginning to catch glimpses of God which 
should impel you the stronger to seek Him 
more and more, far into the deep recesses of 
His Own Creative Ideas, w r hich are the un- 
folding of the Eternal Plans for the Ages 
that always have been, now are, and shall 
continue to be. 

If you would only keep on and not let 
anything cause you to stop or even doubt! 
Say, Dot dear, don't you think it is a marvel- 
ous thing that I am not away from any of 
you, and never, never will be? Oh, God be 
praised for His Goodness in creating us all 
and putting in us such a wonderful love for 
each other — and, best of all, praise Him for 
the fact that He created Love itself, and is 



142 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

the author of it, and put it into our hearts 
for each other, and will allow it to exist eter- 
nally. Some people who seem to be ignorant 
of the subject of love, think that love be- 
tween people on the earth plane exists only 
as long as life exists on that plane and no 
longer. 

Well, that is not at all true. In fact, it is 
right there that the great fact of death and 
its deceitful results spring! Now, life is a 
thing which is an eternal development, an 
eternal living, living, living, seeing, seeing, 
seeing! Then, if you forget that you ever 
even thought that anything could cut it off, 
or even check it, you will find that you can 
save yourself a lot of unintended and abso- 
lutely unnecessary grief. Life is, is, — under- 
stand? 

I wish I knew where that idea of death 
sprang from. I think if the origin of the 
thing were discovered, that it could be over- 
come much more easily. Dot, here we are, 
right before your very eyes ! Anyone who 
believes can easily see us — there is nothing 
more to it than that. For instance, if some- 
one actually convinced you that you were 
blind, you would finally believe you were, 
especially if everybody kept saying it was 
so. People seem to believe more in the au- 
thority of each other than they do in the au- 
thority of their God! 

It's man's fault, not God's — and the whole 
fault doesn't lie solely with you on the earth 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 143 

plane; it is likewise our fault here, those of 
us who are less spiritually developed. Then, 
of course, we wasted so much time while we 
were on the earth plane. Understand — as I 
said in the beginning, we don't blame you — 
we remember only too well how it was with 
us. But my idea is this : I do wish that any 
of us in my state of consciousness could ac- 
tually make you all understand that we are 
just as we always were, and that nothing is 
changed except a few wrong beliefs we had 
concerning ourselves and yon had concerning 
us. 

I believe, though, that the problem will 
be solved before long, because so many 
people are wondering about it, and the 
answer is bound to come. 

Whether you can believe it or not, the love 
of any of us in my present state is far greater 
than any love any of you are capable of feel- 
ing, so long as your present state of con- 
sciousness remains unchanged. Do you un- 
derstand me? I mean that we here in this 
heavenly atmosphere are capable, by the 
very essence of that atmosphere, of feeling 
a deeper love for you than you, under the in- 
fluence of a lower atmosphere, are capable 
of feeling for us. 

Be very careful that you notice just what 
are the contents of messages from this plane. 
"By their fruits ye shall know them." Don't 
think that just because word comes from 
those w T ho have passed through what you 



144 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

call "death," that all they say is reality. 
They may think it is, but it is not necessarily 
so. All may have seen the Christ, but that is 
all the experience meant to some of them. It's 
like going to see a wonderful picture painted 
by a renowned artist, and coming away per- 
fectly unimpressed by the message that the 
picture was intended to convey. 

You must believe in Him more and more 
— praise Him not in word and song only, but 
in realities, and follow His Divine example, 
especially in your treatment of others. Praise 
Him with acts of goodness and loving-kind- 
ness to all. Oh, love everybody you see, and 
do all you yourself can to reflect the Christ 
so that they can see Him in you. In this 
way, by first seeing Him in others and by 
making others see Him in us, we are finally 
ready for a vision of Christ Himself as a 
separate personality, which He really is. He 
is in us and in all, but He Himself also has an 
existence outside of us — that is, He is an- 
other person beside ourselves, and has an in- 
dividuality just as much, and a great deal 
more than you or I. 

When you see Him, you will see Some- 
one else, just as though you were tomorrow 
to meet John Smith whom you never saw be- 
fore, but of whom you had heard a great 
deal, and whom you had often seen imitated, 
of course in a very small degree as compared 
to the sum of all His characteristics. 

I think that I will never be tired again, 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 145 

never, never ! I couldn't think of closing my 
eyes for a moment, for fear that I would miss 
one second of the glorious opportunity God 
has revealed! 

Oh, fling wide the Gates of Paradise and 
enter therein, all who are willing to fight for 
the Saviour of man! Behold the glorious 
paths of Light thronged with the worship- 
ers clad in sparkling robes of purest light! 
Shining and radiant, they follow the Christ, 
the most shining and radiant of all! They 
follow on, forever on, eternal progress to the 
throne of God, where sits the Father of 
man. 

See the faces radiant with love and joy, 
and see the hearts throbbing in tune to the 
Peace of God. See the little children laugh- 
ing and clapping their hands, and waving 
the palm of peace and deliverance! And see 
that vast dazzling throng extend as far as 
the eye can see, up, up, up, and out of the 
range of vision, for they reach to the God of 
all who sits in the highest place ! 

You of the earth plane are by no means 
at the end of the throng — many of you are 
already in advance of many here. So don't 
be discouraged — but press on — look all about 
and see the sights of Paradise as you pass 
through with the eternal procession. Press 
on! Press on! See if you can win a place 
in the front ranks. There is nothing to hin- 
der you, and there is everything to help you 
— even God! 



146 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

Christ walks by your side and whispers 
words of encouragement, lest you falter by 
the way. "God is our goal!" He tenderly 
wdiispers, "so, march on, soldier of God! 
Stumble not, and we shall stop not; for no 
night nor danger shall overtake us on our 
way; neither shall we feel cold nor heat nor 
hunger nor thirst, and neither shall any be 
^weary, for behold! from now on, all moves 
towards God; and His Loving Arms are al- 
ready reaching out towards His children 
whom He sees coming to Him!" 

Some come more slowly and are wont to 
fall, but Christ lifts them up, and not one is 
left by the way All, all are saved, and the 
Army Victorious proceeds surely, surely to 
God — to the Eternal Plan for all and all. 

Know, then, that ye are one of the ranks 
of men who are made by God. Think, every- 
body ! God Himself fashioned you, you, with 
His Own Holy Hands ! Worship Him, then, 
and know that He loves you more than aught 
else — more than the whole universe which 
also He created! 

Peace unto all from God, the Father. 
From His Throne falls peace upon your 
hearts — nourish it and let it grow in you 
until it attains a power which shall over- 
come all, all things which are unreal, which 
bring sickness or worry or sorrow or sin or 
death or evil or lies, or anything which is 
born of blindness ! All these things shall be 
overcome by Peace. Peace is the Great Con- 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 147 

queror, created by God to bring to the hearts 
of men a true sense of Him. 

Life was intended to be a peaceful journey 
towards God through Paradise, with con- 
tinued visions of Heaven on the way, in the 
continual companionship of Christ Jesus. He 
leads us through valleys, waters, and over 
mountains — all beautiful, all symbolizing 
God. On, on, on ! Forever, forever, forever ! 

To the throne — 

Go then — 

God keep you safe from the results of 
your own doubts. 

I love you all so much, that I am bound to 
see these blessings and prayers for you ful- 
filled. Forever and ever. Amen and Amen. 

Phil. 



CONCLUSION 

It would be difficult for me of myself to 
add anything to what has already been told 
in the messages of this book. Yet, as I write, 
my mind is again overflowing with beauti- 
ful thoughts that Phil is "sending through" 
to me. 

I am sitting very alone in a forest near my 
summer home; through the pines I catch 
glimpses of one of the loveliest of American 
lakes and of the mountains which surround 
it. To my mind come the words, now so 
familiar: "I will lift up mine eyes unto the 
hills, from whence cometh my help. My 
help cometh from the Lord who made heaven 
and earth." 

As I lie back on the pine needles and close 
my eyes, I am thinking of my "Credo" as 
gathered from Christ's own promises which 
I read from the Bible before me, promises 
which the world has chosen to almost en- 
tirely ignore and discard for about two 
thousand years! 

It comes to me this way: 



CREDO. 

(Gen. 18:14; Mt. 19:26; Ephes. 4:6; John 
3:16). 

I believe in one God, our Father Almighty. 
I believe that He is a God of Love and 
Power, "who is above all, and through all, 
and in you all;" and I believe that with Him 
"all things are possible." 

(John 1:3; 1 John 2:25; 1 John 3:14; Rev. 
21:3-7). 

I believe that because He is the Creator 
of all, He is the Creator of Love; I there- 
fore believe that it is His Holy Will that 
those who love truly, shall never be separ- 
ated. It follows that so-called death cannot 
effect a separation. 

(2 Cor. 3:18; Gen. 1:27; Gen. 2:5; 2 Cor. 
5:1; Ephes. 4:4; 1 John 3:1). 

I believe that all men are the children of 
God, and that all are possessors of His Like- 
ness and Image in mind and body. I believe 
that the body which man now possesses is the 
same one that he has possessed and will pos- 
sess throughout all eternity without begin- 
ning and without end; but I believe that this 
same body becomes changed according to a 
man's spiritual development "into the same 
image from glory to glory, even as by the 
Spirit of the Lord." I believe that man's 



150 THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 

body is not material substance, but that it is 
a spiritual creation, "a building of God, an 
house not made with hands, eternal in the 
heavens." 

(1 Cor. 15:51-58). 

I believe that mind and body are one and 
the same, in that neither one nor the other 
shall ever see corruption. I believe that all 
evil is unreal, an illusion, and of man's crea- 
tion; I therefore believe that death, the 
crowning evil, is also unreal, an illusion, and 
of man's creation. 

(Ephes. 3:20; 1 John 5:13-14; Mk. 16: 17- 
20; Mt. 11:5; John 14:10-14; Mt. 10:7-8). 

I believe that man has power to heal the 
sick, cast out sin, and raise the dead. I be- 
lieve that if man would actually take God at 
His Word, he would become an instantan- 
eous possessor of all these latent powers. I 
believe that the necessary condition for the 
attainment by man of these powers is be- 
lief and a sincere attempt to live the Christ 
life. I believe, therefore, that it is as easy 
to raise a dead man as it is to repel a sinful 
thought. 

(1 Cor. 15:26). 

I believe that there are in the world today 
men who already possess this power in a de- 
veloped degree, but who, being either ignor- 
ant or unbelieving of these facts, fail to at- 
tempt the performance of Christ's works. I 
believe, however, that the earth will soon be 
awakened from its listless sleep in material- 



THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN 151 

ism, and shall indeed experience the joy of 
spiritual conquest! 

(1 Cor. 15:42; Luke 7:14). 

I believe that our loved ones in the seem- 
ing "Beyond," which is in reality the "Here," 
shall be restored to us incorruptible on earth 
as soon as one man shall dare to say to one 
who lies in the sleep of death: "Young man, 
I say unto thee, arise!" 

Lastly, I believe in life, life, life! As Philip 
says to me: "I mean real life, surging, over- 
whelming, pulsing through every nerve and 
vein, right through to the very heart and 
soul! Life! Life! Life! What a wonder- 
ful thing it is — this great boon given us by 
God Almighty! It is everlasting, and noth- 
ing can kill what God creates. All that shall 
see death is error turning upon itself and 
causing its own destruction!" 

May God help us all to discern the folly 
of our present erroneous beliefs, that we may 
perform "the works" through the Knowl- 
edge and Grace of His Blessed Son, Christ 
Jesus. Amen. 

D. P. 

(Note: I earnestly urge all who read this 
book to look up each Bible reference.) 



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